NHER 51050 (Find Spot record) - Possible post medieval path and medieval pottery, Browne's Meadow Car Park

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Summary

Monitoring of groundworks for the installation of new lampposts encountered a single course of post medieval bricks, likely part of a former path along the boundary wall, and one residual sherd of medieval pottery.

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Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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December 2007. Watching brief.
Monitoring of groundworks for the installation of new lampposts. Contexts 1-10.
Close to Ferry Lane a narrow trench encountered a single course of post medieval bricks, likely a former path along the boundary wall, and a layer of modern flint, cobble, and brick rubble most likely created from work on a nearby brick-built junction box. One residual sherd of medieval pottery was also recovered.
See report (S1) for further details.
See also (S2) and (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.89).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 29 February 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 August 2015 and 20 June 2019.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF69846 Unpublished Contractor Report: Watkins, P. 2008. An Archaeological Watching Brief in Browne's Meadow Car Park, Norwich. NAU Archaeology. 1724.
<S2> SNF72083 Photograph: Watkins, P.. 2007. MEY.
<S3> SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. 1-12.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (2)

POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 20 2019 1:28PM