NHER 41825 (Monument record) - Saxon and medieval finds and features, Norwich Cathedral, Cloister Garth
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2005. Trial Trenching.
Eight trenches excavated in the cloister garth prior to installation of new drainage system. Contexts 1-69.
Excavations revealed the footings for the 14th century cloister wall and buttresses. Earlier activity on the site was also indicated by the presence of a Late Saxon pit.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 8 March 2007.
September 2006. Watching Brief.
From context 100.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with installation of new drainage system.
Details to come.
J. Allen (NLA), 14 August 2006.
A combined archive comprising material from both phases of archaeological work at this site has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.107).
P. Watkins (HES), 18 May 2019.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF60141 Unpublished Contractor Report: Wallis, H. 2005. An Archaeological Evaluation at Norwich Cathedral Cloisters. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1096.
- <S2> SNF81902 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2006. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2005. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 124-136. p 130.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)
Object Types (21)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- LACE TAG (Unknown date)
- OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
- TOKEN (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW GLASS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
May 18 2019 11:05AM