Record Details
| NHER Number: | 49769 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Late Saxon pit and pottery sherds, alleyway behind 18 Bedford Street |
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Summary
In 2007 an archaeological watching brief at this location recorded numerous sherds of Late Saxon pottery and some fragments of butchered animal bone in a truncated deposit, perhaps the remains of a Late Saxon waste pit.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 23095 08641 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 2007. Watching Brief.
Monitoring during ground reduction of former alleyway at rear of 18 Bedford Street. From Context 1.
Numerous sherds of Late Saxon pottery and some fragments of butchered animal bone were recovered from a highly truncated deposit (possibly indicating the presence of a buried waste pit).
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.81).
J. Allen (NLA) 27 February 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- RUBBISH PIT? (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, G. 2007. An Archaeological Watching Brief at 18 Bedford Street, Norwich. NAU Archaeology. 1255. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 261-273. p 266. |
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