NHER 3370 (Structure record) - Post medieval icehouse

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Summary

A surviving icehouse, with the entrance vault, roof and covering mound more or less intact.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF61NW
Civil Parish NORTH RUNCTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Ice-house located here.
According to KLM it may be filled in?
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).

As of 1992: Entrance tunnel gone. Soil covering mound largely washed away and chamber filled with soil almost up to ground level.
NIAS records (S2)
W. Arnold HES 25/01/11

May 2012. Field visit.
The icehouse is in good condition, with the entrance vault and roof more or less intact. The covering soil mound survives, as does a mound to the west (presumably material upcast during excavation for the chamber). The chamber is open, with some rubbish in the base (with the top of the rubbish below ground level).
D. Robertson (HES), 8 June 2012.

July 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The mound observed in 2012 is clearly visible in recent lidar data (S4). The mapped extent has beens slightly altered [1] based on the lidar evidence.
H. Hamilton (HES), 07 July 2026.

  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.
  • <S3> Archive: Norfolk Monuments Management Project File.
  • <S4> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF61NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018 TO 17-NOV-2018.

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2026 4:23PM

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