NHER 318 (Monument record) - Post medieval road, walls and yards

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In 1976 an excavation on this site recovered finds dating to the 13th and 14th centuries, in contexts that suggest this area was marshy at this time. A number of later road surfaces were also noted on this site, although the 19th century roads lie largely on the same line as the earliest ones, dating to the 17th century.

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Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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June 1976. Trench 6.5m x 1.5m was excavated by M. W. Atkin for the Norwich Survey across the line of Old Cowgate.
The earliest dateable finds were of the 13th/14th century from marsh deposits. The earlier surviving road surface was of the 17th century, with a boundary wall and a series of yard surfaces to the west. The wall lay on the line of an earlier wall, again with yard surfaces to the west, but with no evidence of surfaces to the east. This phase may be as early as the 14th/15th century - but the amount of purely residual pottery on the site makes this by no means certain.
Any later road surfaces had been completely removed by 19th century drainage works. However the 19th century surfaces lay directly on the line of the 17th century road. [1]
Compiled by M. Atkin.

See plan NCM.

  • --- *Rolled Plan: Large Plan Exists.
  • --- Article in Monograph: Atkin, M. and Evans, D. H. 2002. Excavations in North-East Norwich. Excavations in Norwich 1971-1978 Part III. East Anglian Archaeology. Atkin, M. and Evans, D. H. No 100 pp 154-198.
  • --- Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Atkin, M. 1977. Norfolk: Norwich [Norwich Survey excavations in 1976].
  • <S2> Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13. p 259.
  • <S3> Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 18.
  • <S4> Article in Monograph: Carter, A. 1981. Norwich. Waterfront Archaeology in Britain and Northern Europe. CBA Res. Rep. No 41. Milne, G. and Hobley, B. pp 139-141. p 141.
  • <S5> Publication: 1976. Archaeol.Ex.. p.141.
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Sep 6 2017 3:03PM

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