Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9279 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of post medieval brickworks |
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Summary
This is the site of a post medieval brickworks. A kiln and foundations survive at this location and a second kiln may survive close by.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1276 0576 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NW |
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| Parish: | GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1978. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society survey.
Brick kiln and works. Pug mill removed to Gressenhall 1979. Wash pit with horse operated 'harrows'; moulding and drying shed foundations.
Bricks stamped HEL 1964-88, EEL 1890, EHEL 1892-1937.
Kiln on Ordnance Survey (S1) may have had brick lining now removed.
In 1885 there was another kiln to northeast (S2), now in wood.
E. Rose (NAU).
See NIAS records (S3)
W. Arnold (HES) 06/12/2010
Monument Types
- BRICK KILN (19th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1883 AD to 1937 AD)
- BRICK KILN (19th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1883 AD to 1937 AD)
- BRICKWORKS (19th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1883 AD to 1937 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Article in Serial: 1978. Great Melton Brickworks.. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter. March. |
| --- | Article in Serial: 1979. Great Melton Brickworks.. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter. March. |
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1880. First edition six inch map. |
| <S3> | Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records. |
Related records - none
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