NHER 54876 (Monument record) - Possible Lime Kiln site

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Summary

The remains of an extractive pit observed during fieldwalking in 2010. Examination of the pit revealed a vaulted tunnel likely constructed of chalk block. The remains are believed to be associated with a former lime kiln.

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Location

Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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April 2010. Field Observation while fieldwalking.
Remains of an extraction pit were observed whilst fieldwaking.
The pit contained a subterranean structure comprising a well-constructed, semi-circular smooth vaulted tunnel made from what appears to be chalk block. The extractive pit and structure may be remains of a lime kiln. The location is marked as a kiln on the First Edition Ordnance Survey six inch map (S1).
See correspondence (S2) and photographs (S3).
This discovery is also noted in the fieldwalking report (S4) and fieldwalking summary report (S5).
S. Howard (NLA), 8 September 2010.
Updated H. Hamilton (HES), 07 August 2018.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
<S2> SNF99538 Correspondence: Emery, G. 2010. Email reporting discovery of a possible lime kiln including a subterranean structure. 24 March 2010.
<S3> SNF99539 Photograph: Emery, G. 2010. Photographs of a subterranean structure linked to a possible line kiln, located north of Thetford. Digital. jpeg.
<S4> SNF81101 Unpublished Contractor Report: Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2010. Archaeological fieldwalking, metal detecting and geophysical surveys of land at the north of Thetford, Norfolk (Volumes 1 and 2). Northamptonshire Archaeology. 10/159. Vol 1 p 24.
<S5> SNF93149 Article in Serial: Gurney, D., Bown, J. and Hoggett, R. 2011. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2010. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt II pp 262-276. p 273.

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Record last edited

Sep 17 2018 5:43PM