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Title:

NAU Report No. 1062. An Archaeological Evaluation at 17-27 Fishergate, Norwich, Norfolk

Series:

NAU Archaeology unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1002151

Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

In the spring of 2005, the Norfolk Archaeological Unit was commissioned by Ashgate Homes Ltd to evaluate a plot of land at 17-27 Fishergate, Norwich in advance of proposed redevelopment. The evaluation comprised three trenches, each 3m by 3m in plan, located to examine an area of c.500 sq. m. Significant archaeological remains were recorded in each of the evaluation trenches. The earliest occupation appears to date from the Late Saxon (10th to 11th-century) or Anglo-Norman (12th-century) periods, substantiated by post-holes, chalk surfaces and a beam-slot in Trench 3. During the 12th to 16th-centuries, surfaces and presumably associated buildings occupied the Fishergate street frontage, while in the space behind these buildings at the north of the site, perhaps within a yard, llarge pits of industrial/craft purpose were in use during the late medieval period (15th to early 16th-century). In the post-medieval period this space appears to have remained open, perhaps as a garden, whilst along the Fishergate frontage properties of 16th or 17th-century date fronted the street. These buildings survived, with some modification, until the plot was developed in the second half of the 20th century. The preservation of these archaeological remains can be qualified as good, with limited evidence of modern disturbance, truncation or contamination. Of particular note was the apparent absence of cellars along the street frontage with the potential for significant remains in this area to survive. The waterlogged anaerobic condition of the lowest archaeological remains preserved organic finds, indicated by the recovery of leather objects and ecofacts recorded by the environmental sampling. Small assemblages of late prehistoric worked flints and Early Saxon pottery and a single fragment of Roman tile were present as residual finds in later contexts.

Author:

David Adams

Publisher:

NAU Archaeology

Other Person/Org:

Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)

Year of Publication:

2005

Locations:

Site:	17-27 Fishergate, Norwich, Norfolk
Parish:	NORWICH
District:	Norwich
County:	Norfolk
Country:	England

Grid Reference: 623230, 309120 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	ANIMAL MICRO REMAINS (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	BRICK (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	BRICK (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	DEBITAGE (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	SCRAPER (TOOL) (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHOE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	ANIMAL BURIAL (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	Beamslot (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	DITCH (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)	DRAIN (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	Fireplace (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	FLOOR (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	FLOOR (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	STAKE HOLE (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	WALL (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	WALL (Monument Type England)
	BEAM SLOT (Monument Type England)
	TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
	AUGER SURVEY (Event)
	METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
	ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	norfolka1-15734
OBIB:	Report No. 1062

Note:

A4, Ringbound Monograph, 4 colour plates

Source:

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Created Date:

23 Nov 2016