NHER 61902 (Monument record) - Post-medieval features and structural remains

March-April 2015. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
This work revealed a range of features, most, if not all, of which appeared to be of post-medieval date. The densest concentration of remains was in the easternmost trench, where a number of pits and post-holes and a brick structure were exposed. These features produced pottery sherds of 16th- to 19th-century date, suggesting they may well predate most of the other remains encountered during this work. It is possible that these features were associated with a large, now demolished farm building depicted on late 19th century maps (or an earlier precursor). The small brick structure was of probable late 19th- or early 20th-century date. A rectangular brick structure of a similar date was exposed close to the western edge of the site. This is likely to be the remains of a building marked on the O.S. 2nd Edition map. Other features associated with this late post-medieval phase of activity included an infilled pond that was observed in the north-west corner of the site – this is also clearly marked on early maps of the site. The lower fill of this pond was overlain by layers of dumped material containing large numbers of glass bottles.
The excavated trenches also revealed extensive evidence for relatively recent disturbance on the site, most likely associated with the demolition of a number of the earlier buildings at some point between 1946 and 1988.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.306).
P. Watkins (HES), 31 October 2016. Amended 27 May 2019.