NHER 171 (Monument record) - Late Saxon causeway, medieval Inn, No 22 Wensum Street

1974. Excavation for Norwich Survey.
Trench dug to obtain further evidence of the Saxon-Norman causeway discovered beneath Wensum Street in 1896 (NHER 00062). The excavation revealed earlier phase of the causeway consisting of a second layer of transverse planking. Below the planking Late Saxon pottery found, above it was a mixture of 10th-12th century pottery.
13th/14th century layers suggested a sequence of slowly drying out marsh deposits.
Late 14th century foundations probably the earliest phase of an Inn.
1507 fire. Burnt remains of the timber superstructure of the Inn.
Fire of 25 April 1507.
16th/17th century yard/garden levels.
19th century cellared building on frontage.
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