Thesaurus Term/Concept: BEE BOLE

Identifier 68574
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A recess in a stone or brick wall, usually bounding a garden or orchard, set two to three feet from the ground and facing south to south-east to catch the morning sun, in which a bee skep/beehive is placed. Often found in groupings of three to six.

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Context Record
Monument Type MNF50767 Barn and attached walls to east and west of The Old House (Building)
Monument Type MNF8671 Caister Castle and Caister Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MNF8201 Crostwight Hall and grounds, Honing (Monument)
Monument Type MNF17373 Crow Hall Farm (Building)
Monument Type MNF39492 Hall Farmhouse, Ferry Road (Building)
Monument Type MNF7191 Old Hall (formerly Old Hall Farm) (Building)
Monument Type MNF78430 Post-medieval bee boles in wall to rear of Lifeboat Inn (Structure)
Monument Type MNF78429 Potentially 18th-century boundary wall containing bee boles (Structure)
Monument Type MNF12259 Street Farm or Apton Manor (Building)