Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7975 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated windmill site |
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Summary
The possible site of a windmill, marked on old maps. No evidence remains, except a small moated mound.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 188 796 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM17NE |
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| Parish: | BROCKDISH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'Site of windmill at corner of possible moat site'; NCM map sheet (6 inch OS shows circular wood at south end of north-south linear pond). (S1) had no record of a mill here.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 January 1982.
Small moated mound about 35m diameter. Moat wet. Possible entrances to north and east. Covered in scrub and mature trees, some dead. Moat connects with broad water filled ditch running north.
H. Paterson (A&E) 8 Feb 2000.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Undated)
- POND (Undated)
- WINDMILL MOUND (Undated)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Apling, H.. 1984. Norfolk Corn Windmills. Vol I. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Brockdish. |
Related records - none
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