NHER 39768 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval tower mill

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Summary

The site of a 19th century tower mill. The top of the mill was blown off during gunnery practice in World War One. All that survives today is an earthwork mound.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SE
Civil Parish SALTHOUSE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Site of tower mill with Cubitts or spring sails.
Top blown off by gunnery practice during World War One. Constructed presumably after 1836 as not on (S1). No remains now.
See (S2) which states that during the 1897 floods the miller climbed to the top of the isolated mill to escape a flock of rats.
E. Rose (NLA), 30 September 2003.

December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Cley, Salthouse and Kelling fresh-marshes, Context 20:
The windmill mound survives. It has a diameter of around 14m and is about 1m high.
See assessment report (S3) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
D. Robertson (NLA), 23 May 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
  • <S2> Publication: Fiddian, V. (ed). 2003. Salthouse. The story of a Norfolk Village. pp 27, 280, 297, 330.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 1:47PM

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