Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12336 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of post medieval brickworks |
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Summary
According to Ordnance Survey maps a post medieval brickworks existed here. A visit to the site found in 1977 found it had been disused for a long time although a single large 19th century cottage survived on site. By 1836 the area was marked on maps as a ‘brickground'.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 184 378 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG13NE |
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| Parish: | SUSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'Brick works' marked on Ordnance Survey.
Obviously not in use for many years: mostly grassed over; some water-filled pits.
One building survives, a large cottage, apparently late 19th century.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 17 March 1977.
(S1) marks a lime kiln on this site.
But by the 1st edition of the 1in Ordnance Survey map 1836 it had become a 'brickground'.
Monument Types
- BRICKWORKS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- LIME KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
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