NHER 41193 (Monument record) - Medieval to early post medieval pits and post holes

February-March 2005. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed redevelopment site. Contexts 1-164 used.
Several medieval waste pits and a few shallow post-holes were recorded.
A large sand extraction pit of a late medieval to early post medieval date was discovered at the north of the site. The pit had been rapidly infilled with dumped soils from which many objects were recovered; which include Flemish glazed floor tile fragments and painted window glass. These finds point to the dissolution of a local ecclesiastical site, perhaps the former Noman's Hospital and the parish church of St Paul's which were located to the south.
The extant foundations of the 19th-century properties of Phoenix Yard were encountered at the south of the site and the deep soil of the gardens marked on the 19th-century plans of the area was also evident.
Notably a nummular brooch of a late Saxon date was recovered as a residual find from a medieval context.
See report (S1) for further details and published article (S2) for additional information on the nummular brooch. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3). See also (S4) and (S5).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.326 and NWHCM : 2017.8).
J. Allen (NLA), 17 February 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 2015 and 27 April 2019.