NHER 50578 (Building record) - Atlas Works, Lenwade
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | MORTON ON THE HILL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Concrete works for constructing North Sea oil rigs. Rigs were made here in sections and transported by rail to Great Yarmouth. The Themelthorpe Curve was put in to enable this. Much of site remains now used as a scrap yard and other factories, and parts are in ruin. For full details see NIAS records.
E. Rose (NLA), 27 September 2007.
The site was used for gravel extraction from 1941, and opened as a cement works from 1944. It provided concrete for North Sea oil rigs, high rise flats in London, the Channel Tunnel and many motorway bridges until its closure in 1992.
The site was repurposed as a diverse industrial estate as of 1993.
NIAS records (S1).
W. Arnold (HES), 08 December 2010.
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Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 2 2025 2:10PM