NHER 64437 (Monument record) - Medieval, post-medieval and modern features

March 2018. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
This work identified a number of features, although in most cases dating evidence was fairly limited. Apart from a single residual sherd of Saxo-Norman pottery all of the finds recovered were of Early Medieval or later date. The only feature that could be identified as medieval with any degree of confidence was a large probable quarry pit that produced more than 20 medieval pottery sherds. A single medieval sherd were also recovered from another large irregular pit and a third possible quarry pit produced a floor tile of medieval or post-medieval date.
The other features identified included a number of ditches, all of which were aligned roughly east-to-west or north-to-south. The small number of finds from these features included a medieval pottery sherd found in of the north-to-south aligned ditches and fragments of post-medieval pottery and brick recovered from two other, similarly-aligned features. Two north-to-south aligned linear features were found to contain modern ceramic land drains.
Other excavated features included several unremarkable possible pits and a single post-hole, all of which were undated.
No unstratified finds were recovered.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2019.77).
P. Watkins (HES), 29 August 2020.