NHER 33518 (Monument record) - Post medieval deposits, Church Street/Stonegate Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 1998. Trial Trench.
Evaluation of former garage site (Trench 2):
Below post medieval floors, the ground was too contaminated by diesel fuel to excavate.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
See NHER 33517 and NHER 33519 for information on Trenches 1 and 3.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.456).
E. Rose (NLA), 29 May 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 April 2015 and 27 May 2019.
Revised report received July 1998 adds redeposited pot boilers and notes post medieval garden soil containing medieval artefacts.
E. Rose (NLA), 14 July 1998.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF98165 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. Dig to solve 900-year mystery. 13 May.
- --- SNF98167 Newspaper Article: King's Lynn Mercury. 1989. Unique 'dig' set for town. 18 May.
- --- SNF98168 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1989-1995. [Articles on the demolition and archaeological work at Mann Egerton Site, Church Street].
- --- SNF98166 Newspaper Article: Lynn Post. 1989. Important site to be excavated. 18 May.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF65199 Unpublished Contractor Report: Whitmore, D. 1998. Report on an Evaluation Excavation at Church Street, King's Lynn. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 316.
- <S2> SNF82757 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 377.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (13)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BUTTON (Unknown date)
- COIN (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- NAIL (Unknown date)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WHETSTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
May 27 2019 8:16PM