NHER 61659 (Monument record) - Medieval and post-medieval features

December 2014. Trial Trench.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
Due to the depth of the deposit sequence exposed the trench sides had to be stepped and as a result sandy natural deposits were only partially exposed. Small quantities of medieval pottery were recovered from the subsoil deposits, which in part of the trench were overlain by a layer of limestone pebbles. This layer may have been the remains of a medieval metalled surface and had been heavily truncated by later features. At the western end of the trench a terminating linear feature was identified that contained 16th- to 17th-century finds. It is possible that this was a backfilled late medieval boundary ditch. This feature was in turn truncated by a large pit containing ash and 18th-century material. The layers of made ground above this feature were cut by another substantial post-medieval pit. These various features and deposits were overlain by 19th-century levelling layers that were in turn sealed by garden soil. This topsoil produced a small number of Roman pottery sherds, although these are likely to have been imported from elsewhere, along with the soil itself.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.478).
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2016. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 May 2019.

September 2016-April 2017. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of several new residential dwellings.
Unfortunately the excavation of the footing trenches for these new buildings took place without archaeological supervision, with monitoring restricted to the excavation of a service trench through the centre of the site. This trench revealed a similar sequence of deposits to that exposed during the preceding work, with subsoil overlain by a thick made ground deposit. No archaeologically-significant features were noted and no finds were recovered.
See report (S2) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.227).
P. Watkins (HES), 3 April 2024.