NHER 33224 (Monument record) - Post medieval wall, Vancouver Centre

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Summary

A trial trench excavated in 1997 revealed a post medieval wall and flagstone surface, probably part of Vancouver House which stood on this site from the 17th century to the 1960s.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

August 1997. Desk-based Assessment.
Impact assessment of proposed development at the Vancouver Centre.
See report (S1) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 April 2015.

November-December 1997. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed Vancouver Centre redevelopment site (Trenches 3 and 4).
Post medieval stone and mortar walls were found in both trenches and a flagstone surface in Trench 3 (to west), perhaps the remains of Vancouver House which is known to have occupied this site until the 1960s. Beneath the structure lay riverine silts containing no artefactual material. It appears that this area was open ground until Vancouver House was erected in the 17th century.
See reports (S2) and (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S4).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.181).
E. Rose (NLA), 3 February 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 April 2015 and 5 December 2022.

Mapping corrected, previously centred at TF 6187 2006.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 22 May 2019.

  • --- Photograph: 2000. JRQ.
  • --- Photograph: 2000. JRR.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1997. The Vancouver Centre, King's Lynn. An Archaeological Impact Assessment. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 259.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hutcheson, A. 1998. Draft Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at the Vancouver Centre, King's Lynn. Norfolk Archaeological Unit.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hutcheson, A. 1998. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at the Vancouver Centre, King's Lynn. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 294.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 200.

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Record last edited

Dec 5 2022 2:27PM

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