NHER 16380 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval brickworks

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Summary

The site of a brickyard, marked on maps of 1826 and 1836. The foundations of buildings were recorded in 1995 during the construction of a dyke, but these have now gone.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG40SE
Civil Parish	REEDHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Site of brick yard.
Marked on (S1), 1836. Presumed origin of name Tile Kiln Reach to southeast.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 July 1980.

16 November 1995. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of construction of new soke dyke by National Rivers Authority on site of brickyard.
Foundations of three or more structures observed:
Structure 1: circular; possibly wind pump or mill base, of coarse gravel.
Structure 2: rectilinear; 25m plus in length, series of brick footings.
Structure 3: fragmentary remains of brick floor.
Structures removed by dyke construction.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
M.Flitcroft (NAU), December 1995.

Brick kilns also marked here by (S4) in 1826.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 June 2002.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF2938 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995. Memory of life on the marshes. 23 December.
--- SNF71584 Publication: Hutchinson, S.. 2003. Berney Arms Remembered.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
<S2> SNF56922 Unpublished Contractor Report: Flitcroft, M. 1995. Report on a Watching Brief at Ashtree Farm, Reedham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 155.
<S3> SNF59457 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 407.
<S4> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (3)

BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Reedham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 7 2017 11:56AM