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| HER Number | MWB6274 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Water Wheel at The Foundry, Bucklebury |
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Summary
Water mill on the River Pang, wheel driven from 1875-1955, wheel drove machinery, forge bellows and furnace fans
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05137.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- WATER WHEEL (Late 19th century to Mid 20th century - 1875 AD? to 1955 AD)
- WATERMILL (Late 19th century to Mid 20th century - 1875 AD to 1955 AD)
Full Description
See also MWB4122 - record for the foundry and smithy
The wheel was an undershot wheel cast in the foundry in c1875 <2>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1963-4. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1963-64 61. 61. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p83-91 No 112 in Berkshire Watermills by J Kenneth Major, Mill Index No 41/212. [Article in serial / SWB12042]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=61 (Accessed 21/05/2013) |
| <02> | n/a. 1922. Sale Catalogue of the Bucklebury Estate. [Unpublished document / SWB147091] |
| <03> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1970. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1970 65. 65. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p49-51 A Berkshire Foundry by Kenneth J Major. [Article in serial / SWB10046]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=65 (Accessed 11/11/2015) |
| <04> | Greenaway, D and Ward, D (ed). 2003. In the Valley of the Pang. p97-8 in Watermills on the River Pang by Dorcas Ward. [Monograph / SWB14177] |
Related Monuments
| MWB20072 | Foundry House, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB4122 | Site of Bucklebury Foundry (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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