NHER 26400 (Monument record) - Medieval to post medieval occupation area, behind 11 Surrey Street (Kings House)

December 1992. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation excavation showed that area was on fringe of urban area until 12th/13th century. Finds included:
One flint.
One Iron Age or Middle Saxon sherd.
Late Saxon sherds.
Burnt area and postholes.
Medieval and post medieval occupation debris in pits.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.259).
E. Rose 10 February 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 December 2022.

1996. Desk-based Assessment.
Archaeological Impact Assessment of future development of the Norwich Bus Station site.
See report (S3) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 March 2015.

June-August 2011. Watching Brief
Monitoring of minor groundworks including footing trenches and tree holes. Natural sand deposits were encountered in most of the groundworks, overlain by a deposit interpreted as an old garden soil. This layer was sealed by imported soils and spreads of rubble. Archaeologically significant features were identified within three of the tree holes and one of the foundation trenches. Iit is probable that features were also present below two additional holes where natural deposits were not exposed. A ditch aligned perpendicular to Surrey Street was tentatively interpreted as a medieval plot boundary, although it produced no dating evidence. A large feature partially exposed in another tree hole contained moderate amounts of oyster shell and was probably a medieval or post-medieval refuse pit. A second pit was thought to be a more recent feature, possibly a tree hole. Finds recovered from unstratified deposits included a small number of medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and fragments of post-medieval ceramic building material.
See report (S4) for further information.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2012.