Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30930 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval bridge |
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Summary
Two groups of wooden piles were recorded here in summer 1994. These may be the remains of a bridge said to have been built here in 1296.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4207 9110 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49SW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Summer 1994. In river on Norfolk side just north of Beccles Bridge.
Two groups of piles 2.1 to 2.4m (7 to 8 feet) apart. Each group consists of three closely set piles, rectangular in section about 9cm (3 1/2 inches) x 25cm (10 inches), thereby forming a near square about 27cm (10 1/2 inches) x 25cm (10 inches). A wooden bridge is said to have been built here in 1296.
D. Gurney (NLA) 16 November 1994.
Monument Types
- BRIDGE (Unknown date)
- PILE (Unknown date)
- BRIDGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Protected Status - none
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