Monument record EWL 062 - Post medieval features at Land at Kiln Farm Cottage, Kiln Lane, Elmswell

2021: An evaluation encountered two phases of activity. The first phase is represented by the large extraction pit located at the north end of the site is likely related to activity at the brickworks which was located adjacent to the site (indicated on 19th century OS maps until 1974). Similar extraction pits are also indicated on OS maps in close vicinity to the site from 1884. Several post-medieval brickworks and kilns have previously been identified from OS maps within 500m of the site (WPT 072, WPT 022, WPT 021, WPT 023) and the name of the site itself, Kiln Farm Cottage, is an indicator of the past industrial activity in and around the site. The second phase is represented by a single ditch which is visible on 19th century OS maps as the previous northern boundary to the site and cuts the extraction pit (the current boundary is located just further north). This likely represented the re-use of the site as the rear plot for Kiln Farm Cottage. (S1)