NHER 61953 (Find Spot record) - Site with post-medieval finds but no evidence for archaeologically significant remains

December 2014. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of King’s Lynn Bus Station, ahead of proposed reconfiguration and refurbishment.
This assessment determined that there is the potential for significant medieval and post-medieval remains to survive beneath the site. It is however noted that the proposed development is likely to have only a limited impact on these remains due to the shallow depth of the planned groundworks.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 November 2016.

March-May 2015. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the King’s Lynn Transport Interchange Project at the King’s Lynn Bus Station.
The greatest level of a disturbance occurred at the western edge of the site, where foundations were excavated for a new canopy. A bluish-grey silt exposed towards the base of these excavations is believed to have been an undisturbed alluvial deposit. It was sealed by a sequence of what appeared to be dumped material and/or demolition debris. This material produced two sherds of post-medieval pottery. The uppermost deposit exposed was a thick layer of coarse orange sand that had apparently been lain as levelling material for the modern surfaces.
Groundworks monitored elsewhere on the site were shallow and did not penetrate the modern levelling deposit.
See report (S2) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.335).
P. Watkins (HES), 10 November 2016. Amended 24 August 2025.