Record Details
| NHER Number: | 135 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Shirehall Chambers |
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Summary
In 1905-06 preparation of foundations under the east edge of the motte for an extension to Shire Hall discovered pottery sherds including a waster and cresset lamps dating to around 1050. It was during these works that a section was cut into the motte revealing its construction with Late Saxon roads beneath.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2325 0851 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1905-06.
Extension to Shire Hall under east edge of motte in preparing foundations for Shire Hall extension.
Pot sherds including a waster and cresset lamps dating to around 1050.
One sherd has lattice pattern of applied stamped.
Finds held by NCM.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
It was during these works that a section was cut into the motte revealing its construction with Late Saxon roads beneath.
Photographs in file; further details required.
E. Rose (NLA) 20 January 1997.
Monument Types
- POTTERY WORKS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ROAD (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- MOTTE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- LAMP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13. |
| --- | Photograph: 1906. HKY3-4. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Jope, E. M. 1952. Excavations in the City of Norwich, 1948. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXX pp 287-323. pp 302, 318. |
| <S3> | Publication: Rye, W. 1916. Roman Camps and Remains in Norfolk. p 39. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Dunning, G. C., Hurst, J. G., Myres, J. N. L. and Tischler, F. 1960. Anglo-Saxon Pottery: A Symposium. Medieval Archaeology. Vol III (for 1959) pp 1-78. p 32; Fig 9.9. |
Related records
| Mon 539 | Parent of: Castle Motte Ditch (Ditch 10) (Monument) |
| Site 882 | Parent of: Shire Hall, Market Avenue (Monument) |
| Mon 589 | Parent of: Shire Hall, Market Avenue (Monument) |
| 429 | Part of: Norwich Castle, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Monument) |
| MNO8846 | Related to: Shire Hall Chambers Market Avenue NORWICH (Revoked) |
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