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August 2007. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed redevelopment site. Two trenches excavated. contexts 1 to 128, initially recorded under NHER 704.
Two trenches were excavated during redevelopment of this site. The earliest feature recorded in Trench 1 was a east-west burial within a grave. The skeleton was badly preserved and the skull was crushed. The grave was sealed by a pit containing 11th-12th century pottery, so the burial is thought to date to the period of the Norman conquest, or earlier. This inhumation is almost certainly associated with the church of St George which lies to the south (NHER #). It is thought that this church once had a more extensive churchyard, before selling plots for development around AD 1200. More burials are likely to survive in this area.
In both trenches a series of large pits were recorded. Some of these appear to have been excavated for the extraction of sand and/or chalk; this quarrying activity appears to date from the 11th to 15th centuries. Smaller pits found within both trenches probably represent medieval and post-medieval waste disposal.
A poorly constructed wall probably indicates the location of a property boundary and dates from the 12th to 15th centuries. Several phases of levelling are represented by dumped deposits and demolition layers. A large steep-sided pit which truncates many of these deposits may represent the remains of a robbed-out well or possibly a latrine.
Finds recovered during the evaluation include Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds. All of the Late Saxon material was redeposited, suggesting that all features and deposits relating to activity of this date have been heavily truncated by medieval and later activity on the site.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 18 September 2008.

October-November 2007. Excavation.
The earliest evidence revealed during the excavation was prehistoric worked flints. These included a potentially Mesolithic or Early Neolithic blade and three flakes of probable later prehistoric date.
No archaeological features or deposits dated from the Middle Saxon period, but three sherds of sandy Ipswich ware pottery and a Middle Saxon strap end were recovered, indicating activity within the vicinity of this site during this period.
The evidence for Late Saxon occupation of this site consisted of a post-built structure with a rammed chalk floor, probable extraction pits and a series of make-up deposits. These discoveries are significant as they represent the first evidence for exploitation of this area during the Late Saxon period.
Full publication is awaited. See assessment report (S3) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 2 July 2009.

A combined archive comprising material from both phases of work at this site has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.79).
P. Watkins (HES), 18 May 2019.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
• FLOOR (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• POST BUILT STRUCTURE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• POST HOLE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1099 AD)
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Late Saxon to 12th Century - 1000 AD to 1199 AD)
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 1000 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• GRAVE (Late Saxon to 14th Century - 1000 AD? to 1399 AD?)
• HORN WORKING SITE (Late Saxon to 12th Century - 1000 AD to 1199 AD)
• INHUMATION (Late Saxon to 14th Century - 1000 AD? to 1399 AD?)
• PIT (Late Saxon to 13th Century - 1000 AD to 1299 AD)
• PIT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 1000 AD to 1900 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• RUBBISH PIT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• BOUNDARY WALL (Medieval to 15th Century - 1100 AD to 1499 AD)
• FLOOR? (Medieval to 15th Century - 1100 AD to 1499 AD)
• WALL (Medieval to 15th Century - 1100 AD to 1499 AD)
• WELL (12th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
• WELL? (14th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD? to 1699 AD?)
• FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• LATRINE PIT? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
• ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
• KNIFE (Unknown date)
• METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
• METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
• OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
• PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Unknown date)
• SHOEING NAIL (Unknown date)
• STUD (Unknown date)
• BURNT FLINT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
• BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
• FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• QUERN (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• STRAP END (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• HOOKED TAG (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• NEEDLE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• NEEDLE (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
• POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
• COIN (Late Saxon - 855 AD to 869 AD)
• HUMAN REMAINS (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD? to 1099 AD?)
• BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• CLOTH SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
• FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• WINDOW GLASS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• WINDOW GLASS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• WINDOW GLASS (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• COIN (12th Century to 13th Century - 1180 AD to 1247 AD)
• COIN (13th Century to 14th Century - 1279 AD to 1307 AD)
• BRICK (13th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)
• BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• PIN (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)
• TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

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