NHER 43129 (Monument record) - Possible Late Saxon to medieval quarry pits, late medieval rubbish pit, and post medieval features.

December 2005. Trial Trenching.
Three evaluation trenches were excavated within a proposed development site. Contexts 101-317.
Work in the northern half of the site (Trench 1), south of the St Nicholas St frontage, recorded two Late Saxon to early medieval pits interpreted as possible quarry pits and a late medieval rubbish pit. The rubbish pit contained animal bone, oyster and mussel shell, a fragment of slag, and a mixture of 9th to 15th century pottery as well as several residual Romano-British pottery sherds and a decorative copper alloy object which may have been part of a book binding. An unstratified flint scraper was also recovered from this trench. The centre of this trench had previously been disturbed by a modern trench and two modern brick piers likely associated with a structure depicted on the 1952 Ordnance Survey map.
Work in the centre of the development area (Trench 2) recorded an undated pit containing animal bone and a pit or post hole likely of late post medieval date. The area had been previously disturbed by a modern capped well.
Work to the south of the proposed development area (Trench 3) recorded an undated pit containing animal bone, a late post medieval pit, two post holes which may be the remnants of a former boundary fence depicted on both the 1885 and 1952 Ordnance Survey maps, and a post pad also likely of late post medieval date.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.179).
J. Allen (NLA) 16 February 2006. Updated H. Hamilton (NLA), 6 November 2008 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 May 2019.

November 2010. Trial Trenching.
Additional trenches excavated to south-west and south-east of area examined during earlier evaluation.
The excavation revealed two pits in the south-eastern end of the site with one containing a small assemblage of animal bone and pottery dating to Late Saxon to early medieval period. A piece of residual worked flint of broadly late prehistoric date was recovered from this area of the site. Large spreads of metal working debris and pits of varying sizes are thought to be associated with the Charles Burrell traction engine works, which was an industry that occupied much of the St Nicholas Street frontage from the early 19th century until the 1930s. A masonry structure constructed from brick could be related to the industrial phase at the site. A single sherd of Roman pottery was recovered from a pit in the western area of the site.
See report (S2) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 12 June 2011.

June 2014. Excavation.
Details awaited.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.260).
P. Watkins (HES), 19 May 2019.