Record Details

NHER Number:14669
Type of record:Building
Name:Womack Drainage Mill

Summary

The remains of an early 19th century brick towered drainage mill with some internal machinery in situ. The tower is leaning and in poor condition.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3998 1750
Map Sheet:TG31NE
Parish:LUDHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Drainage mill.
Brick tower, shorter than average, now leaning with a great gash in one side.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU), 16 March 1979.

Known as Womack Windpump, had cloth sails and all-wood shaft. See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 16 September 1981.

Monument Types

  • DRAINAGE MILL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1830 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG3917/B - E.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Article in Serial: Carter, L. et al.. 1981. A Survey of Ludham. NIAS Journal. Vol III, No 1, pp 34-51. p 36.

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