Record Details
| NHER Number: | 26491 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Three mid to late medieval pits, Ivory House |
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Summary
Evaluation prior to the construction of an extension to Ivory House recorded three archaeological features, all of them mid to late medieval pits. They were probably associated with medieval properties occupying the street frontage of All Saints' Green, prehaps serving to received domestic or industrial refuse or cess.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2303 0793 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1998. Trial Tench.
Evaluation of site of proposed extension to Ivory House, All Saints Green.
Three archaeological features were recorded, all of them mid to late medieval pits. They were probably associated with medieval properties occupying the street frontage of All Saints' Green, prehaps serving to received domestic or industrial refuse or cess.
Medieval to post-medieval building material and metalwork.
Residual flint tool.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 2 March 1999. Amended by Ruth Fillery-Travis (NLA), 16th March 2007 and P. Watkins (HES), 26 March 2015.
Monument Types
- CESS PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- RUBBISH PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Associated Finds
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- LACE TAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOBACCO PIPE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- POT (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 1999. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Ivory House, All Saints' Green, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 352. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 381. |
Related records
| 26007 | Part of: Ivory House, No 52 All Saints' Green (Building) |
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