NHER 51102 (Monument record) - Post medieval timber structure and medieval to post medieval rubbish pit, Austin Street

October to November 2007. Trial Trenching.
Excavation of three evaluation trenches prior to development. Contexts 1-21.
This work recorded a late medieval or early post-medieval domestic waste pit and a post medieval timber post-built structure. The latter consisted of nine vertical wooden posts set within a semi-circular feature extending beyond the southern edge of the trench. Finds included a small quantity of medieval and post medieval pottery, two fragments of animal bone, oyster shell, and 17th century clay pipe fragments.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 07 March 2008.