NHER 56 (Monument record) - Three medieval wells, 26-32 Exchange Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Norfolk House.
1949. In clearing site for erection of main girders.
Wells cut into chalk discovered. Three examined but not excavated by staff of NRC.
1) Well 1. Near Exchange Street, side. Late 13th century pottery glazed baluster jug revealed at 4.3m (14ft) below road level. 1.2-1.5m (4ft-5ft) diameter.
2) Well 2. South side of site 3ft6in diameter mixed pottery, late medieval to 17th century; stained glass; Purbeck marble mortar. Mainly 0-2.4m (0ft-8ft); spur of cock. 15th century French jetton and sacking at 3.6m (12ft).
3) Well 3. West of Well 2, 1.68m (5ft 6in) diameter. At 2.4m (8ft) Elizabethan and Jacobean pottery; medieval and Late Saxon fragments. 15th century French jetton; sheep and pig bones.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF2116 Article in Serial: Jope, E. M. 1952. Excavations in the City of Norwich, 1948. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXX pp 287-323. p 318.
- --- SNF2153 Article in Serial: Norfolk Research Committee. 1950. Archaeological Research in Norfolk. Archaeological Newsletter. Vol 3 No 2 pp 38-39. p 39.
- --- SNF2685 Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
- --- SNF87229 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 71 [2].
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (9)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MORTAR (VESSEL) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STAINED GLASS (WINDOW) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TEXTILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 7 2016 12:27PM