Record Details
| NHER Number: | 849 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated human remains and building materials, St Andrew's Street/Bridewell Alley |
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Summary
A hole dug here by workmen in 1990 disturbed human burials. Subsequent archaeological observations noted a lack of articulated skeletons but also reported flint and mortar building remains. No date was assigned to the building remnants and human bones.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 23110 08719 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
15 April 1990. Watching brief.
1m by 2.5m hole dug by workmen had disturbed human burials.
No articulated skeletons visible. Depth of approximately 1.1m.
Also flint and mortar noted in north and south section, appeared faced, in southwest corner cut by red brick work.
H. Wallis (NAU) 26 April 1990.
Monument Types
- CHURCHYARD (Medieval to 21st Century - 1066 AD to 2100 AD)
- INHUMATION (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- WALL? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- WALL? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1885. Ordnance Survey first edition maps of Norwich, reproduced in 1971 and reduced to a scale of 1:1250.. |
Related records
| Site 1487 | Parent of: St Andrew's Street / Bridewell Alley (Monument) |
| 591 | Part of: St Andrew's Church, St Andrew's Street, Norwich (Building) |
| Mon 132 | Part of: St Andrew's Street (Monument) |
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