NHER 26460 (Monument record) - Late Saxon to early medieval and post medieval occupation, Ben Burgess Site, King Street

June-July 1997. Trial Trenching
Excavation of three trenches.
Evaluation demonstrated that deposits of Late Saxon or early medieval date survive along the eastern edge of King Street, below a 1.2m depth of modern building rubble. Elsewhere on the site the remains of the 19th century ironworks and cottages seal great depths of post medieval garden soils, beneath which there appears to be a major accumulation of earlier material.
See report (S1) for further information. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
Ruth Fillery-Travis (NLA), 15th March 2007.

1999. Excavation.
Excavation revealed a series of timber buildings dating from the 10th/11th centuries onward, on a single plot with evidence of Late Saxon antler-working, followed by medieval stone structures. These survived until modern times.
Report awaited. The results of this work are summarised in (S3).
D. Holburn (HES), 21 November 2011.

A combined archive comprising material from both phases of archaeological work at this site has now been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.233).
P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2019.