NHER 39691 (Monument record) - Saxon or medieval building remains on land off Oak Street and Mandela Close

October 2003. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site. From context 1.
A series of Saxo-Norman pits, postholes, an occupation layer, a banded foundation trench and a small fragment of standing wall were identified during the evaluation. The foundation has been attributed an 11th century date based upon its stratigraphic relationship. The nature of the foundation would suggest that a structure of considerable status was being supported. The excavators have interpreted it as a probable church building. The later demolition of the structure is marked by late medieval or post medieval robber trenches, the date of which perhaps coincides with the construction of the nearby church of St Martin at Oak. A series of Saxo-Norman pits located at the rear of the site contained a small amount of goat horn, suggesting hornworking in the nearby vicinity.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2006.294).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 24 May 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.

Late Saxon/Medieval building remains recovered during evaluation. 'Stripy trenches' foundations of a stone structure.
Preserved in situ.
See report (S1) and plans (S3) in file.
A. Hutcheson (NLA), 8 June 2004.