Monument record BSE 079 - The Glen

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Summary

?Working lime kiln shown on Thos Warren's 1776 town map (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8633 6465 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL86SE
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

?Working lime kiln shown on Thos Warren's 1776 town map (S1). Close to BSE 078. For other contemporary Bury St Edmunds lime kilns, see BSE 075-078. According to (S2) still remaining on site.
Associated with(?) chalk pit to E and radiating tunnels up to 200m in length at TL 8648 6466 (S3).
For similar galleries see BSE 102 (Jacqueline Close), HGR 012 (Horringer Court) and bSE 171 (St Peter's Pits).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> (No record type): Warren T, map, St Edmunds Bury, 1776.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy (S1).
  • <S2> (No record type): Suff Indust Archaeol Soc, Newsletter, 20 December 1987.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: British Geological Survey. Geology of the Country around Bury St Edmunds, 1980, 80.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2015 1:50PM

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