NHER 6536 (Monument record) - Edgefield Mount
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Summary
The Mount was though to have been a feature of some antiquity or a post medieval telegraph station, but a windmill is shown in this position on Faden's map of 1797. The mill went out of use in 1833.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG03SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EDGEFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Marked as antiquity on (S1).
Not a barrow? See (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Mill House stands on it.
Forestry Commission land.
(S3) suggests telegraph station.
Smock mill shown here on (S4); replaced by postmill 1804; burnt down 1815 postmill 'recently erected' in 1829; last used 1833.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 February 1982.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Edgefield.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF48657 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1836. 1st edition OS.
- <S2> SNF8468 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS. p.126.
- <S3> SNF5500 Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B.. 1955. The Holt Road. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt I pp 163-177. pp 175-176.
- <S4> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Mar 26 2025 8:06AM