Record Details
NHER Number: | 16380 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of post medieval brickworks |
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Summary
The site of a brickyard, marked on maps of 1826 and 1836. The foundations of buildings were recorded in 1995 during the construction of a dyke, but these have now gone.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 4613 0442 |
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Map Sheet: | TG40SE |
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Parish: | REEDHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of brick yard.
Marked on (S1), 1836. Presumed origin of name Tile Kiln Reach to southeast.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 July 1980.
16 November 1995. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of construction of new soke dyke by National Rivers Authority on site of brickyard.
Foundations of three or more structures observed:
Structure 1: circular; possibly wind pump or mill base, of coarse gravel.
Structure 2: rectilinear; 25m plus in length, series of brick footings.
Structure 3: fragmentary remains of brick floor.
Structures removed by dyke construction.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
M.Flitcroft (NAU), December 1995.
Brick kilns also marked here by (S4) in 1826.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 June 2002.
Monument Types
- BRICK KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BRICKWORKS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WIND PUMP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
--- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995. Memory of life on the marshes. 23 December. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Publication: Hutchinson, S.. 2003. Berney Arms Remembered. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
--- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
<S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
<S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Flitcroft, M. 1995. Report on a Watching Brief at Ashtree Farm, Reedham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 155. |
<S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 407. |
<S4> | Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk. |
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