Record Details

NHER Number:26420
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post medieval dene hole, 48-50 Merton Road

Summary

The house that once occupied this site collapsed into a post medieval chalk tunnel in the 1920s killing the occupants. No property currently stands here as the house was never rebuilt.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 2106 0910
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

'Ruin' on Ordnance Survey is site of house (now in fact removed) which collapsed into a chalk tunnel in the 1920s killing the occupants.
E. Rose (NLA) 20 June 1994.

Monument Types

  • DENE HOLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources - none

Related records

884Part of: Site of possible post medieval lime kiln and chalk mines, West Norwich Hospital Car Park (Monument)

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