Record Details
| NHER Number: | 26588 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval finds, St Augustine's Churchyard |
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Summary
A watching brief in 2001 noted a few human bones and several pieces of medieval pottery.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2287 0947 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 2001. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of drainage trenches in churchyard of St Augustine's (NHER 575).
Several medieval Grimston pottery sherds found.
A small amount of human skeletal remains was unearthed and was retained by the building contractors for reburial.
Otherwise negative. Trenches were not excavated to a depth where they might be expected to reveal evidence of occupation prior to the construction of the church.
See report (S1) for further details.
J. Allen (NLA), 25 January 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Phillips, C. 2002. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at St Augustine's Church, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 658. |
Related records
| 575 | Part of: St Augustine's Church, St Augustine's Street, Norwich (Building) |
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