NHER 26181 (Monument record) - Saxon and medieval finds and features, Maids Head Hotel, Palace Street

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Summary

A watching brief during works in 1990 found the remains of at least three human burials, a possibly Saxon pottery fragment and pieces of medieval pottery.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

August 1990. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of wall trenches for new structure.
2.3m depth uncovered. Rammed chalk surface at base.
Remains of at least three individuals removed. Now reinterred.
Three sherds medieval cooking pot.
Three sherds green glazed jug.
?One Thetford ware.
See report (S1) for further details.
J. Bown (NAU) 29 August 1990.

See newspaper cutting (S2) in file.
T. Sunley (NLA) 25 October 2007.l

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1990. Skeletons of family reburied at hotel. 28 August.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Bown, J. 1990. Report of a Watching Brief at the Maid's Head Hotel, Norwich, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 66.
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2015 10:09AM

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