NHER 26181 (Monument record) - Saxon and medieval finds and features, Maids Head Hotel, Palace Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
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
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF68707 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1990. Skeletons of family reburied at hotel. 28 August.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF68706 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bown, J. 1990. Report of a Watching Brief at the Maid's Head Hotel, Norwich, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 66.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- 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