NHER 15982 (Monument record) - Post medieval brick kiln

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Summary

This is the site of a post medieval brick kiln marked as such on old maps and still extant.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39SE
Civil Parish ELLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

South of Brick Kiln Road and Old Brick Kiln Cottages on (S1).
Site of brick kiln, marked on (S2).

1978.
Cottages gone, field levelled.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 March 1980.

[1] informed A. Rogerson (NLA) there was a brick kiln in a pit two fields further west (TM 353 934a) but the information was vague and may be a confusion.
See (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 7 July 1997.

Site Visit October 2012.
The kiln remains extant, entirely below ground and now covered for safety. The remains comprise a circular brick lined pit with a square top c. 1 m across.
K. Powell (HES), 18 March 2015

  • --- Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 SE 22.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
  • <S3> Map: Finder's Map.

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2016 2:08PM

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