NHER 834 (Monument record) - Possible 10th century defences, medieval floor surfaces
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Whitefriars Bridge to Bull Close Road.
March-June 1989. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of drainage trench along Charlton Road and Whitefriars (around 340m). Depth varied from 1.3m - 4.5m+
Major observation: redeposited block of masonry from city wall.
Deep feature (possibly 10th century defensive ditch?).
Floor/working surfaces of timber and chalk, oak piles and brushwood consolidation above peat.
Report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The finds recovered have been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.305).
Compiled by J. E. Bown (NAU), 27 March 1990.
Press cutting (S3) in file.
T. Sunley (NLA) 8 November 2007.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF68987 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bown, J. and Robinson, P. 1989. Watching Brief Report. Whitefriars' Drainage Trench. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 56.
- <S2> SNF86380 Article in Serial: Gurney, D (ed.). 1990. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1989. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt I pp 107-112. p 110.
- <S3> SNF68986 Newspaper Article: Anglian News. 1989. Flint wells found. May.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (3)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 23 2019 12:35PM