Record Details
| MonUID: | MST18279 |
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| HER Number: | 54510 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Marl Pit, Tixall Park |
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Summary
One of two marl pits within a small area of woodland to the north-east of the site of Tixall Hall. The marl pits were probably excavated in the 16th or 18th century to supply clay for making bricks for either of the two former Tixall Halls or the icehouse found in the same block of woodland.
Monument Type(s):
- MARL PIT (Tudor to Hanoverian - 1550 AD? to 1833 AD?)
- CLAY PIT (Tudor to Hanoverian - 1550 AD? to 1833 AD?)
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Full description
One of two marl pits within a small area of woodland to the north-east of the site of Tixall Hall. The marl pits were probably excavated in the 16th or 18th century to supply clay for making bricks for either of the two former Tixall Halls (built in 1555 and the 1780s respectively) or the icehouse found in the same block of woodland (which is of late 18th or early 19th century date). (SB, 05-Sept-2011) <1>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST1598 - Serial: Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society. 2011. Journal of the Staffordshire industrial Archaeology Society Number 22 (2011). 'Tixall Icehouse' by Anne and Jim Andrews (Page 10). |
Related records
| 20736 | Part of: Tixall Park (Monument) |
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