NHER 63520 (Structure record) - Cannon bollard to rear of 21 Tuesday Market Place

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Summary

This thirty-pound cast iron Napoleonic cannon has been set into the ground forming a traffic bollard.

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Location

Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Cannon bollard to rear of 21 Tuesday Market Place (NHER 12918). Previously recorded under NHER 12918.

April 1977. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"30 pound Napoleonic cannon. Apparently of cast iron. Painted. Set into ground as a traffic bollard."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 24 July 2019. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2023.

A cannon is situated on or near the King's Lynn Conservancy Board Offices, and has been used as a bollard. The cannon is 4ft 1 1/2ins [1.2m] high, with a bore measuring 3 1/4ins [82mm] and a maximum diameter of 8 3/4ins [220mm]. See photograph (S2) held by King's Lynn Museum.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S3).
Previously noted under NHER 12917 and presumed to refer to the bollard at this location.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2023.

  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1212506.
  • <S2> Photograph: Unknown. Copy of photograph of a post-medieval cannon located at the King's Lynn Conservancy Board Offices. King's Lynn Museum.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHER 12917.

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2023 11:50PM

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