NHER 60610 (Monument record) - Site of post-medieval garden

February 2013. Watching Brief.
Excavation of foundation trenches for a new dwelling was monitored.
The earliest soil layer observed across the site contained patches of ash and charcoal as well as small fragments of ceramic building material and post-medieval pottery. This has been interpreted as a former garden soil. It is likely that the entirety of the investigated area was formerly part of the garden of the property to the south.
In the northern portion of the affected area, the former garden soil was overlain by former topsoil containing fragments of modern pottery which in turn was overlain by a make-up layer for the modern garden. The southern portion of the area was covered by a modern car park. The former car park levels lay directly on the former garden topsoil noted above. The car park also sealed a modern single brick well or former cess pit located in the extreme west of the excavated area.
No other archaeological features were identified and the post-medieval pottery and ceramic building material was not retained.
See report (S1) for further information.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.103).
H. Hamilton (HES), 27 November 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2019.