NHER 26503 (Monument record) - Multi period finds and features at 7 Oak Street, fruit market

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Summary

An evaluation excavation was carried out in advance of redevelopment in 1998. The work revealed that the entire site had formerly been low-lying and wet. Massive dumping of industrial waste in the medieval period helped reclaim the area along the street frontage. Substantial houses were erected on further consolidation layers from the 15th century onwards. Medieval buildings with flint walls later gave way to brick-built houses or were extended in brick in the early post medieval period. The built-up area grew, extending west to the river by the 18th century, but the site was cleared after many buildings were destroyed by bombing in 1942. Finds recovered during the work included Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery fragments.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building: 7 Oak Street

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Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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December 1998-January 1999. Trial Trenching.
Site of 15th century and later houses including the mansion of William Coo, destroyed 1942.
Above alluvial clay lay 11th to 12th century dumping, 12th to 14th century pits and later medieval occupation.
Dumping included large quantities of iron slag.
Late Saxon, medieval, post medieval sherds, bone, etcetera.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.85).
E. Rose (NLA), 9 February 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 May 2019.

April 2000. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of proposed development site adjacent to the former New Mills.
See report (S3) for further details. The results of this assessment are also summarised in (S4).
D. Gurney (NLA) 21 August 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2017.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF66833 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1999. An Archaeological Evaluation Excavation at 7 Oak Street, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 375.
<S2> SNF82377 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 533.
<S3> SNF66845 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. An Archaeological Assessment of a site at New Mills, Oak Street, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 502.
<S4> SNF82555 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 722.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (8)

POT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 851 AD to 1900 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SLAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 16 2021 7:25AM