NHER 61668 (Monument record) - Post-medieval quarry pits

November 2014. Trial Trenching.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of new residential dwelling.
The various footing trenches exposed four probable quarry pits that contained fragments of abraded post-medieval brick. A relatively deep, undisturbed subsoil deposit was present across the site. Examination and metal-detecting of the upcast spoil recovered only post-medieval pottery sherds and various unremarkable modern metal objects.
Historic maps suggest that this site lay on the western edge of an area of common land until enclosure during the late 18th century.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 October 2016.

November 2016-November 2017. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of three new dwellings.
The excavated footing trenches revealed no archaeologically significant features. A reasonably thick subsoil deposit was present beneath the topsoil across the site, including within the footprint of the bungalow that had previously occupied the site (which was found to have only had shallow footings). The finds recovered during this work were all of post-medieval to modern date and included pottery sherds, clay tobacco pipe stems and small brick and tile fragments. It was noted that a significant number of these finds were recovered from the subsoil layer suggesting that this part of the site had potentially been fairly extensively disturbed during the post-medieval period. It is possible that this part of the site was also subject to the same casual quarrying as that evidence during the earlier work to the north. The lack of definable features suggests that this area may have been occupied by large shallow workings.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 November 2017.

June 2020. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of conservatory extension.
The foundation trenches were excavated to a depth of 1m but did not penetrate beneath the thick subsoil deposit that had been observed during previous work at the site. As a result no archaeologically-significant features or deposits were exposed.
No finds were recovered.
See report (S3) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2020.100).
P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2022.