Record Details
| NHER Number: | 26527 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval road and features, Nestle Site |
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Summary
Archaeological evaluations at this site in 2000 revealed a late medieval or early post medieval road, pits, brickearth extraction pits, remnants of a stable, buildings, several phases of the intra-mural road and the internal bank of the city wall with a sequence of road surfaces.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2274 0819 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1997. Desk-based Assessment.
Consideration of the archaeological potential of the former Nestle site, Chapefield.
See report (S1) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 March 2015.
September 1999. Desk-based Assessment.
Revised archaeological assessment of the Nestle site, incorporating the earlier work (S1) and extending it to include the area from the City Wall to Theatre Street, bounded by St Stephen's Street and Chapel Field East.
See report (S2) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 March 2015.
April-June 2000. Trial Trenching. Contexts 1-718.
Revealed a late medieval or early post medieval road, pits, brickearth extraction pits, remnants of a stable, buildings, several phases of the intra-mural road and the internal bank of the city wall with a sequence of road surfaces.
See report (S3) for further details. See also (S4). The results of this work are summarised in (S5).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.329 and NWHCM : 2016.416).
D. Gurney (NLA), 18 August 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 May 2019.
November 2002-March 2003. Excavation and Watching Brief. From Context 1000.
See assessment report (S6) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S7).
Final publication awaited.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.329 and NWHCM : 2016.416).
J. Allen (NLA), 27 November 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 May 2019.
Monument Types
- PIT (Unknown date)
- ROAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BRICKEARTH PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- NAIL (Unknown date)
- OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
- PIN (Unknown date)
- QUERN (Unknown date)
- WINDOW GLASS (Unknown date)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BALANCE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPOON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BEAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINGER RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JEWS HARP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- LACE TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- NEEDLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WHETSTONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2004. Treasure Annual Report 2003. p 109; No 195; Figs 195.1 and 195.2. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1997. Former Nestle Site, Norwich. An Archaeological Impact Assessment. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 227. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1999. The French Borough at Norwich: St Stephen's Parish (west part). An Archaeological Assessment. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 438. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Whitmore, D. 2000. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at the former Nestle Site, Chapelfield, Norwich. Phase 1. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 513. |
| <S4> | Photograph: PHT-PHX. |
| <S5> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 720. |
| <S6> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Whitmore, D. 2004. Former Nestle Factory and Chantry House, Chapelfield Development, Norwich. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 823. |
| <S7> | Photograph: PHY-PJK. |
Related records
| Mon 1308 | Parent of: Agricultural land (former Nestles site) (Monument) |
| 228 | Parent of: Medieval lamp (Find Spot) |
| Site 3991 | Parent of: Nestles factory, Chapelfield (Monument) |
| Site 950 | Part of: Chapelfield Road East (Monument) |
| Mon 505 | Part of: Precinct of the College of St Mary in the Fields (Monument) |
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