NHER 1291 (Monument record) - Ruins of St Edmund's Chapel

Ruins of St Edmund's Chapel. Originally Norman and later.
Excavated 1913.
For details see file.
E. Rose, 1 April 1981.

Photograph of about 1870 in (S1).
Ordnance Survey (S2).
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 13 March 1990.

The site was made into a First World War memorial of unusual type.
See Norfolk Historic Gardens Survey (S3).
E. Rose (NAU), 19 March 1999.

Specifications and record for restoration (1996) (S4) in file.

July 2001. Norfolk NMP.
Banked enclosure surrounding the ruins of St Edmunds chapel, mapped from 1946 RAF aerial photographs (S5) and Hunting Survey photographs from 1969 (S6). The banks enclose a First World War memorial garden created in 1915. The historic gardens survey suggests that the earthworks were existing features (S3). Although the 2nd edition map (1902-07 25 inch) (S7) does not indicate the presence of banks, rather it depicts a walled area much smaller than the banked enclosure. It therefore seems that the banks were created in or around 1915.
S. Massey (NMP), 12 July 2001.

December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A68, Context 5:
See assessment report (S8) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 1 December 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.

April 2006.
Finds recovered during the 1913 excavations include fragments of 15th century window glass and 15th to 16th century glazed floor tiles.
See details in file.
D. Robertson (NLA), 20 April 2006.

June 2011. Newspaper Article.
A carved wooden wolf has been placed near the lighthouse, next to the ruins of a chapel built to mark the spot where St Edmund first landed in 865AD.
See (S9) for further details.
D. Lefeuvre (HES), 8 August 2011.