NHER 234 (Monument record) - Carmelite priory and medieval buildings

119 - 121 Cowgate.

1973. Investigation of area for loading bay to attempt to locate buildings of Carmelite priory.
Late foundations only were found, late 14th century - post medieval pottery.
Two pieces stained glass (S5)-(S6), one piece carved stone. [1]
J. Roberts and W. Milligan (NCM).
Further details in file NCM.

1974. Demolition of cottages and excavation of shallow trenches associated with the construction of new loading bay for Jarrold and Son Ltd.
Medieval and post medieval pottery.
J. Roberts and W. Milligan (NCM).

September-October 1992. Excavation.
Excavation of single trench prior to installation of underground chemical tank.
Site of 13th- and 14th-century reclamation.
Medieval and post-medieval alignment of Cowgate.
Medieval wall (possibly precinct wall of Normans Hospital). Post holes, floors, hearths, timber framed buildings.
To east, wall of friary.
Finds included:
Roman spindle whorl.
Medieval wool comb.
Elizabethan weight with city's coat of arms.
Medieval sherds, lava quern, leatherworking debris etc.
See published article (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2). See also finds list (S3) and newspaper article (S4).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.82).
P. Emery (NAU), September 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 October 2015 and 6 December 2022.