NHER 5895 (Monument record) - Saxon burials and medieval features, area of Saxon town north of Redcastle

June 1961. Field Observation.
Exposed in trench dug for new sewer parallel to and north of road by the Dredging and Construction Co. of King's Lynn for Thetford Borough Council.
Context 1: opposite stanch footings of walls running north-south cut through. Possible curtain wall for bailey.
Context 2: opposite hen houses in garden of Whittlesford House. Ditch, about 9.2m (30ft) wide and at least 2.4m (8ft) deep, cut through. Ditch runs north-south.
Noted in (S1).
See (S4) for short summery.
R.R. Clarke (NCM), 6 June 1961.

1969.
Context 3: skeletons found in Water Meadows opposite Red Castle.
Information from T.C. Lethbridge, Ancient Monuments (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Ancient Monument record form in file.

Found in a recently dredged ditch running parallel to the Lesser Ouse at [1].
Two body sherds of unglazed probable Grimston ware.
One body sherd of medieval unglazed.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 26 April 1988.

March 2011. Watching Brief.
Maintained during installation of wooden bollards around western and southern boundaries of site.
None of the small holes excavated revealed archaeologically-significant features or deposits.
No finds were recovered.
See report (S6) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.139).
Previously recorded as NHER 55989.
S. Howard (HES), 18 August 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 August 2023.