NHER 40820 (Monument record) - Post medieval pits, undated yard and quarry hollow, Laburnum Cottage

September 2004. Desk-based Assessment.
The size of the church of St Mary reflects the former prosperity of the settlement, based in part upon manufacture of the type of cloth to which the village has given its name. Laburnum Cottage is situated near the medieval market place and a second church, St Andrew's, reputed to have been abandoned in the 16th century. Historic maps indicate that the boundaries of the proposed development have been in existence from the early 19th century and probably much earlier.
See report (S1) for further details.
J. Allen (NLA), 8 June 2007.

October 2004. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Contexts 1-67 used.
Two trenches were excavated to the rear of the frontage at the western end of the site. These both contained a large number of pits of late post medieval date. In the gap between Laburnum Cottage and the barn to the south a pit containing late 18th century pottery cut a metalled surface overlying a small undated pit. These were the earliest features encountered.
In the eastern half of the site, apart from a large, and undated, quarry hollow, no archaeological features were encountered.
No features or artefacts of earlier than post medieval date were recovered.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2007.191).
J. Allen (NLA), 8 June 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.

December 2005-January 2006. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of new driveway. No contexts used.
No archaeological finds or features.
See report (S4) for further detail.
J. Allen (NLA), 6 September 2006.