NHER 15964 (Monument record) - Site of two windmills

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Summary

This site of a two windmills, one postmill and one tower mill, is marked on the Ordnance Survey first edition map. They were out of use by 1937 and were destroyed during World War Two. Excavation on the site of the nearby miller's house found ritually deposited bones of a goose.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM09NE
Civil Parish	BESTHORPE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Site of wind mill.
Marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 27 March 1980.

Two mills - post and tower, on (S2). Both out of use 1937. Tower demolished in World War Two by Americans.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 January 1982.

Base excavated as garden feature. Information from Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 21 June 1985.

Under floor of associated miller’s house; sysnsacrum and pelvis of small goose/large duck. Ritual deposit?
[2].
E. Rose (NLA), 27 September 2004.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF54524 Unpublished Document: Irwin, A.G.. 2004. Email. 22 September.
<S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
<S2> SNF6225 Map: Greenwood, C. & J.. 1834. Map of the County of Norfolk from an Actual Survey.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (2)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
RITUAL ARTEFACT (Unknown date)

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2011 4:39PM