NHER 69299 (Negative evidence record) - Site where limited groundworks revealed no archaeologically-significant remains

January 2024. Desk-based Assessment.
Archaeological assessment of proposed development site (Plot 3).
Although the site is shown as open ground on an 1828 Estate Map and the 1838 Postwick Tithe map (S2) the Ordandance Survey First Edition Six-inch map (S2) shows a number of buildings at this location. The majority of these structures lay adjacent to a north-to-south aligned former road that ran immediately to the west of the site. A group of what were probably cottages also lay in the southern part of the site, adjacent to short curvilinear former road that had probably once been part of the original line of the Yarmouth Road. In most cases the archaeological value of any surviving remains associated with these 19th-century buildings will be limited. It is though recorded that one of these buildings was a Primitive Methodist Chapel, although exactly which one isn’t clear. It was most likely one of two buildings that lay to the north-west of the site, the grounds of one of which did extend into this area.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 2025.

January 2024. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of five trial pits (Plot 3; TP12-TP16).
No archaeologically-significant features or deposits were recorded. All of the trial pits revealed evidence for extensive modern disturbance, with truncation of the ground surface having removed the original topsoil and subsoil deposits. The natural geological deposits had also been truncated to a degree that had probably severely damaged or removed any archaeological remains once present. The degree of the truncation to the natural geology was though less severe in some of the trial pits. The overlying made ground deposits were a mix of redeposited natural sand and darker material containing metal, wood and other modern debris.
No finds were recovered.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 September 2025.