NHER 26528 (Monument record) - High status early medieval occupation, Cattle Market Street

August 1999. Desk-Based Assessment.
Assessment of land at 29 Cattle Market Street in response to proposed development. The work suggested that the site had a "good archaeological potential for the early Medieval and late Medieval period", particularly as it was possible that features associated with the defences of Norwich castle were present. As a result the site was recommonded for archaeological evaluation.
See report (S1) and specification (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2015.

June-July 2000. Trial Trenching. Contexts 1-393.
Evaluation trenching recorded pits and quarries of early medieval date, and late medieval or early post medieval buildings. A possible ditch may be the Castle Fee ditch or some other castle ditchwork.
See reports (S3) and (S4) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S5).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2024.183).
D. Gurney (NAU), 3 January 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 October 2024.

April 2003. Watching Brief. Contexts 500-544.
Monitoring of excavation of foundations at the rear of Units 2, 3 and 4. Also observation of pile-proving trial holes within the building units.
These revealed modern make-up deposits and a possible 19th or 20th century cellar. Monitoring of the excavations of the northern ground beams fronting Cattle Market Street identified a possible metalled surface, late medieval to post-medieval make-up deposits and linear walls.
See report (S6) for further further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S7).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2025.152).
J. Allen (NLA), 2 October 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2015 and 24 August 2025.