NHER 13537 (Monument record) - Site of post-medieval post mill

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Summary

This mill mound supported a post mill. It was last turned by wind in 1908 and was demolished in 1911. Excavations on the site have revealed four large pillars that supported the mill structure.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM08NW
Civil Parish KENNINGHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Mill mound 0.5m high, 12m diameter - marked as windmill on (S1).
Information from (S2).

This, or NHER 13538, was a smock mill. Shown on (S3).

In fact this was a post mill. On (S4).

Last turned by wind 1908. Demolished 1911.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 March 1982.

April 1989.
Mound excavated by landowners and foundations of supporting pillars found - suggesting there may have been no roundhouse.
See (S5).
E. Rose (NAU), 26 April 1989.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Website: Neville, J.. 2007. Kenninghall Mill Lane towermill. http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/kenninghall-mill-lane-towermill.html. 31 May 2017.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 25 inch 1st edition.
  • <S2> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 NW M [2].
  • <S3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
  • <S4> Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
  • <S5> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. Couple dig into the past and unearth a mill. 21 April.

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Record last edited

Feb 9 2026 11:28AM

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