NHER 3772 (Monument record) - Site of post-medieval hydraulic ram

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Summary

A post medieval hydraulic Godwin ram was located at this spot and has been replaced by a modern motor pump. It is marked on old Ordnance Survey maps and was used to pump the lake.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71NW
Civil Parish GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

November 1976. Visit. Hydraulic ram.
This appears to be marked by Ordnance Survey at above grid reference and presumably served the lake, but if it was here it is now gone, according to owner. The only one he knows of is in a shed at 7321 1903 and is fairly modern, apart from perhaps the flywheel, being really a small motor pump.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 November 1976.

In fact the original pump at this location was a Godwin ram which is now in the museum at Hillington run by [1]; he installed the above described pump, a modern Godwin, to replace it!
E. Rose (NLA), 12 August 1994.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Aug 24 2023 10:32AM

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