NHER 16691 (Monument record) - Post medieval lime kilns opposite Irmingland Hall

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Summary

Three post medieval lime kilns survive here despite the fact that one was very poorly built. These are now a haven for local wildlife with very active rabbit barrows underneath and roosting bats inside.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG12NW
Civil Parish	OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Lime kilns.
Three kilns south of road opposite Irmingland Hall.
One has its chutes narrowed, another is atrociously built.
Information from Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society.
E. Rose (NAU) 31 October 1980.

PROTECTED BAT SITE. See letter (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 February 1991

1992.
All three still in good condition, except for a hole in one, and undermining by rabbits. One kiln has a lime plaster skim on the inside.
Information from member of the public [1].
See (S2).

This site is noted in White's Directory 1854 (S3) and in Kelly's from 1892 to 1875 (S4) and it is marked on 25ins O.S. maps 1905 (S5). However its shape on these maps is the same as it is today, so it is likely that chalk extraction stopped here before this map was made.
NIAS records (S6)
W. Arnold (HES) 13/12/2010

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF12098 Aerial Photograph: TG 1229B.
--- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF66180 Correspondence: Goldsmith, J. G.. 1991. Hibernating bats and lime kilns.
<S2> SNF58269 Fiche: NIAS. NIAS Survey.
<S3> SNF760 Directory: White, W.. 1845. White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk.
<S4> SNF6555 Directory: Kelly, E.. Kelly's Directory of Norfolk..
<S5> SNF52733 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. Ordnance Survey Map. 25 inch to the mile. Second Edition. 1:2500.
<S6> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

LIME KILN (19th Century to Early 20th Century - 1854 AD? to 1905 AD?)

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Oulton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Dec 13 2012 10:20AM