NHER 15932 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval lime kiln and marl pit

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Summary

A lime kiln and a cut leading to the river are marked here on the first edition Ordnance Survey map made in 1838. Two lime kilns are recorded here in 1699. Marl pit is noted in 1937 to have been in heavy use from 1700-1900.

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Map sheet	TG21NE
Civil Parish	HORSTEAD WITH STANNINGHALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Site of lime kiln, with cut leading to river.
Kiln marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 26 March 1980.

No traces of kiln now, and cut has been blocked up.

Two kilns were recorded here in 1699.
Information from Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society records.

The cut remains, though with virtually no water in it and crossed by fallen trees. Seen only from footbridge - site of kiln not seen.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 December 1998.

The marl pit is noted in "A History of Horstead and Stanninghall" by Percy Millican in 1937 who states that the pits were used on an industrial scale in the 18th and 19th centuries and that by 1937 they had been left abandoned.
Information from NIAS records (S2)
W. Arnold (HES), 06/12/2010.

Site originally marked on Nicholson's map 1699 as two lime kilns. It is further marked on 1ins O.S. 1838 (S3), Tithe map 1838 (S4) and noted in Kelly's Directory 1865 (S5).
NIAS records
W. Arnold (HES) 13/12/2010

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
<S2> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.
<S3> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
<S4> SNF54084 Map: 1839. Tithe map.
<S5> SNF6555 Directory: Kelly, E.. Kelly's Directory of Norfolk..

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2012 3:22PM