NHER 300 (Monument record) - Multi-period finds and features, Lower Close

April to May 1976. Norwich Survey excavation to investigate the possible line of Late Saxon defences, no evidence was found.
Below a massive 18th century build up on the site (using material taken from the cloisters) was a series of 13th century road surfaces running in a northwest to southeast alignment.
These overlay a 12th century building and post hole construction with a hearth and oven.
The building lay at the edge of a natural hollow that had been used as a midden, which also filled three drainage channels of late 11th/12th century date.
These followed the alignment of the road surfaces and so are probably monastic in context.
M. Atkin.
See (S6).