NHER 28 (Monument record) - Medieval and post medieval features, 11-17 Castle Street and 1-10 Castle Meadow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1963. 11-17 Castle Street and behind No.19. Context 1.
During excavations for foundations medieval sherds found and spindle whorl.
Many cellars obscured sections. Where earth was visible it appeared to be made up ground ?castle ditch, but no sections cut deep enough to be sure. Castle bank cut into.
Finds held by NCM.
February 1999. Trial Trenching.
Site extended to take in 8-10 Castle Meadow as part of NAU evaluation of whole site Contexts 2-109.
Pits and postholes with Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery and finds, either indicating pre-castle habitation and/or encroachment on castle fee. Truncated by later cellars.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.81).
E. Rose (NLA) 15 March 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 December 2022.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF2685 Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
- --- SNF87229 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF68833 Unpublished Contractor Report: Brennand, M. 1999. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at 8-10 Castle Meadow and 11-17 Castle Street, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 399.
- <S2> SNF82377 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 532.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (23)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BIRD REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FISH REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BIRD REMAINS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DOOR FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FISH REMAINS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HORSESHOE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOBACCO PIPE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Dec 6 2022 6:51AM