Record Details
| NHER Number: | 834 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible 10th century defences, medieval floor surfaces |
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Summary
In 1989 a watching brief undertaken along Charlton Road and Whitefriars during excavations for Anglian Water noted a redeposited block of masonry from the city wall, as well as a possible 10th century defensive ditch and a number of floor surfaces of timber and chalk, with oak piles and brushwood consolidation visible above the peat line.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 23372 09343 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Whitefriars Bridge to Bull Close Road.
March-June 1989. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of drainage trench along Charlton Road and Whitefriars (around 340m). Depth varied from 1.3m - 4.5m+
Major observation: redeposited block of masonry from city wall.
Deep feature (possibly 10th century defensive ditch?).
Floor/working surfaces of timber and chalk, oak piles and brushwood consolidation above peat.
Report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The finds recovered have been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.305).
Compiled by J. E. Bown (NAU), 27 March 1990.
Press cutting (S3) in file.
T. Sunley (NLA) 8 November 2007.
Monument Types
- TOWN DEFENCES (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- PILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- REVETMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRAIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Bown, J. and Robinson, P. 1989. Watching Brief Report. Whitefriars' Drainage Trench. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 56. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D (ed.). 1990. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1989. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt I pp 107-112. p 110. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Anglian News. 1989. Flint wells found. May. |
Related records
| 430 | Part of: Precinct of Whitefriars (Monument) |
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