Record Details
| NHER Number: | 64066 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Section of Town Wall in Kettlewell Lane |
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Summary
This section of the medieval town wall is a Scheduled Monument. It is likely to date from around 1266.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6231 2045 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Previously recorded under NHER 5486.
This section of wall is a Scheduled Monument (Norfolk 174A).
Information from (S1).
H. Mellor (HES), 3 August 2018.
1951. Listed Grade II*.
Length of town wall, probably associated with murage grants of 1266. Limestone, brick and carstone. West side has a series of brick stilted arches, restored in C20, opening into small chambers. Behind the brick arches are chamfered carstone 4-centred arches of original openings. Northern arch completely blocked. East side retains 5 ashlar-faced buttresses with set-offs, and remains of a futher buttress at north end. 4-centred arch at this position led into blocked chamber already described. One brick doorway between fourth and fifth buttresss (from south). Blocked arrow slits at intervals.
Listing NGR: TF6231720460
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 12 March 2020.
1 May 2009.
Scheduled monument consent granted concerning repairs and conservation of the town walls in Kettlewell Lane.
See (S7) for further information
H. White (NLA), 6 May 2009
Monument Types
- TOWN WALL (Medieval to 21st Century - 1266 AD? to 2050 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. |
| <S7> | Designation: DCMS. [?]-2016. Scheduled Monument Consent. SAM Consent. DNF70. |
Related records
| 5486 | Part of: King's Lynn Town Defences (Monument) |