NHER 840 (Monument record) - Saxon, medieval and post medieval finds and features, Calvert Street

July 1989-January 1990. Excavation.
Excavation by NAU prior to development.
The site was divided into two.
Site A on west of street, Site B on east.
A. Post medieval pits, 17th century. Dutch occupation, late medieval flint structures.
Medieval drying kiln/oven. Late Saxon defensive ditch (two recuts) backfilled with rampart material.
B. Post medieval and medieval pits. Late Saxon occupation. See report (S1) in file for NHER 170.
Publication forthcoming in East Anglian Archaeology. The results of this work are briefly described in (S1) and are also summarised in (S2), (S3) and (S4). The site is also discussed in (S5) and newspaper article (S6).
The finds from this excavation have been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1995.53).
J. E. Bown (NAU), 1990. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 07 June 2021.

1998. Desk-based Assessment.
Following an earlier archaeological assessment (S7), a further desktop study confirms a likely early gateway in the Late Saxon defences, where Botolph Street enters, for traffic from the north-west. The area on the north-east side of Botolph was open for some centuries; the town ditch seems to have survived as a recognisable landmark, although mostly infilled and converted into a lane, to be recorded in the medieval Enrolled Deeds. A small area on Magdalen Street may have lain at the south end of a former market area, overlooked by St Botolph's church, and now completely lost through infilling and the modern loss of Botolph Street.
See report (S8) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S9).
D. Holburn (HES), 5 December 2011.