NHER 393 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds from 10 Duke Street (Hoppers Yard), Formerly Barnards Yard

Pre 1976, about 1953.
In pulling down Duke's Palace Ironworks - bellarmine containing iron nails and pins (witch bottle).
Held by Pitt-Rivers Museums Oxford.
Information from R. Merrifield, 1953.

1976. Stray Find.
Found in ?loose spoil on the western half of the site:
1 Mesolithic flint axe/pick. Fragmentary, very roughly chipped.
Identified by T. Gregory (NAU).
Information from (S1). This discovery was reported in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 January 2016.

Deep excavations over 3m. Site lies about 60m from the river right on the modern Duke Street frontage.
A dump of horn cores (Bos longifrons) found in the silt of the flood plain of the River Wensum. They were not in any recognisable pit. None of the other sections on the site showed anything beyond about 2m thick deposit of clean silt with water table about 1m below this. Group of 17th century pottery sherds from river, not kept.
See file NCM.
Information from NAR records.

Pre 1917.
Flint implements, flakes and pot boilers founds in peat on premises of Messrs. Barnards Ltd., St Miles Bridge.
N.B. B. Green (NCM) expresses serious doubts that this material is prehistoric.
M. Leah (NAU).