Record Details

NHER Number:16695
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of lime kiln and possible brick kiln

Summary

This limekiln had five furnaces. One has been broken, revealing bricks on the end forming a bell. The site is marked as a lime kiln on Great Snoring Tithe Map but as a brick kiln on Bryant's map of 1826. It is possible there was a brick kiln here too or that Bryant was mistaken.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 9377 3242
Map Sheet:TF93SW
Parish:GREAT SNORING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Lime kiln.
Marked on (S1), still remains in good condition.
Information from (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 31 October 1980.

Grid reference corrected on ground.

Fair condition, five furnaces, one broken revealing bricks on end forming bell.
E. M. James (KLM), 23 January 1981.

Shown on (S3) as brick kiln. Was there a brick kiln here as well or is this a mistake? (S3) often seems to put brick kilns where others put lime kilns.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 May 2001.

See also NIAS records (S4)
W. Arnold (HES) 08/12/2010

Monument Types

  • BRICK KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • LIME KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Map: Great Snoring Tithe Map.
<S2>Unpublished Document: Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society records.
<S3>Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
<S4>Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

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