NHER 756 (Monument record) - Late Saxon and medieval settlement evidence, 21 to 23 St George's Street (rear)

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Summary

Excavations in 1986 noted evidence of Late Saxon and medieval settlement.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

Anglo-Saxon and medieval town.

March 1986. Excavation.
NAU excavation by P. Millington-Wallace with an Manpower Services Committee team.
Constraints of the site meant that work had to cease at a depth of 5m, when only 12th century levels had been reached. These deposits consisted of homogeneous black silts and rubbish, similar to levels encountered above river marsh elsewhere in the city.
The location of such deposits here, however, at some remove from the River Wensum, heightens speculation that the line of St George's Street south of Colegate may represent an early outfall of the Muspole stream.
From (S2).
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2020.78).
J. Allen, NLA. 23 September 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2020.

  • --- Fiche: Exists.
  • --- Photograph: EHX.
  • --- Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • <S1> Publication: Ayers, B. 1987. Digging Deeper: Recent Archaeology in Norwich. p 10.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Youngs, S. M., Clark, J. and Barry, T. B. 1987. Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1986. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XXXI pp 110-191. p 152.

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Jun 19 2020 1:06PM

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