NHER 845 (Monument record) - Late Saxon buildings and extensive medieval friary buildings

See previous work conducted in 1987 detailed in (S1).
T. Sunley (NLA) 8 November 2007.

March-April 1990. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Ten trenches around 3.5m x 3.5m.
12th century pits, post holes, beam slots. Large amount of Thetford-type ware pottery. Evidence of medieval structures, including standing flint walls. Some pieces of worked limestone. Also pits and large amount of destruction debris. Post medieval deposits survive at east end of site and 'islands' at the west end. One piece of Ipswich Ware.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S15).
Documentary sources including (S14) in file.
Compiled by H. Wallis (NAU), 24 April 1990.

1992-1995. Excavation.
The 1994 excavation season produced medieval pits and cellars along street frontage predating friary acquisition around 1400.
Precinct wall traced along King Street abutted by friary building containing lead pipe, doorway and floors; east wall had subsided into a pit. Evidence of subsequent repair.
Well preserved bell casting pit post 1400.
The 1995 season produced an 11th century timber building and ditch, 12th century cess and quarry pits, further footings of the priory, architectural fragments, window glass, an oyster shell painter's palette, 15th century silver bracelet and post medieval cloth seals.
See published monograph (S9), draft report (S10) and assessment report (S20) for full details. The results of this work are summarised in (S16)-(S19).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.412 and NWHCM : 2003.156).
E. Rose (NLA), 23 July 1996 and 14 April 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 May 2019.

13 July 1993. NAU aerial photography.
Photographs showing Castle Mall excavations under way.
See (S3), (S4) and (S5).
S. Massey (NLA), 8 February 2001.

Press cuttings (S6) to (S8) in file.
T. Sunley (NLA) 8 November 2007.

2000. Desk-based Assessment.
A desk-based assessment on a site within the former medieval Greyfriars precinct draws attention to its archaeological potential, including evidence for Middle Saxon/early medieval occupation.
See report (S11) for further details. This assessment is also noted in (S12).
D. Holburn (HES), 14 November 2011.

2003.
An Archaeological Impact Assessment and Mitigation strategy recommended preservation in situ across a proposed development site, and preservation by record following excavation of a 30m by 7.5m area.
See (S13)
E. Bales (HES), 3 September 2012.