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An Archaeological Watching Brief in Browne's Meadow Car Park, Norwich |
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NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
In December 2007, NAU Archaeology monitored the implementation of a new lighting scheme within Browne''s Meadow car park, a site which lies within the precinct of Norwich Cathedral. The excavation of footing holes and cable trenches for three new lampposts revealed no archaeologically significant features or deposits. Most of the groundworks associated with this lighting scheme did not penetrate a thick topsoil deposit that lay beneath the car park surface. The lamppost holes themselves were slightly deeper and revealed subsoil layers and make-up deposits beneath this buried topsoil. A sandy gravel revealed in one lamppost hole, at a depth of c.0.72m OD, was a potentially natural deposit. These largely negative results were not unexpected, as historical sources record this area as having been open ground, at least during the post-medieval period. The scope of these works was not sufficient to establish whether Anglo-Saxon or medieval remains survive within this area. |
Author: |
P J Watkins
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Publisher: |
NAU Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2008
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Site: |
Browne's Meadow (off Recorder Road), Norwich, Norfolk |
Parish: |
NORWICH |
District: |
Norwich |
County: |
Norfolk |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 623750, 308720 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
norfolka1-41135 |
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Report: 1724 |
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A4, spiral bound. Colour plates
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |