NHER 62654 (Monument) - Medieval/post-medieval pit and remains of late post-medieval buildings

June 2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of new residential dwelling.
At the western edge of the site one of the foundation trenches excavated exposed a large probable waste pit of late medieval or early post-medieval date. A range of finds were recovered from this feature, including medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds, medieval ceramic building material, animal bone, oyster shell and a fragment of carved chalk.
Brick footings exposed at three locations were the remains of late post-medieval terraced houses that had previously occupied what was until recently open ground on the eastern side of North End Yard. Much of the site was sealed beneath a layer of post-medieval rubble that was presumably deposited following the demolition of these buildings. An underlying layer that also contained brick rubble lay directly above the uppermost natural deposit exposed (an orangey-brown silty clay), suggesting the site had seen at least a degree of past truncation.
The small number of finds recovered from unstratified contexts included additional fragments of medieval/post-medieval ceramic building material and a single post-medieval clay pipe stem.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.503).
P. Watkins (HES), 13 April 2018. Amended 12 July 2023.

September 2017. Watching Brief.
The network of foundation trenches excavated exposed a single brick wall of late post-medieval date. As during the earlier work there was evidence that the site had seen at least a degree of past truncation.
No finds were recovered.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 April 2018.