Green, F. (2010). An Archaeological Watching Brief at Caister Castle Moat, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1024616. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Archaeological Watching Brief at Caister Castle Moat, Norfolk
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Series:		 NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was conducted for The Trustees of Caister Castle during clearing, dredging and restoration works of the moat at Caister Castle. The south-west facing wall of the castle was observed in three test pits to a depth of 0.7m below the water level of the moat. A very hard mortar was encountered bonding the brickwork in these test pits which may have been due to the use of a hydraulic lime. There is some evidence that significant demolition and collapse of the south-west facing wall may have occurred during the 1700s. The presence of this rubble layer which is likely to be 1700-1800 in date indicates the moat at least in this area had not been dredged in recent years. Other parts of the moat contain evidence that it had been used as a rubbish dump for domestic waste and was likely to have been quite an unpleasant body of water in the 18th century. The oldest artefact recovered was a tobacco pipe of mid to late 17th-century date. During the recent the dredging and clearing works, the south-west and north-west facing arms of the moat were successfully cleared of soft organic rich sediments and no alteration to the line or slope of the banks occurred.
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Author:		 F Green
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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:		 2010
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Site: Caister Castle Moat, West Caister, Norfolk
Parish: WEST CAISTER
District: Great Yarmouth
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Caister Castle
Grid Reference: 650400, 312200 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) Bone (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MOAT (Monument Type England)
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: norfolka1-80550
OBIB: Report No. 2318
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Note:		 A4, double-sided, colour ptinted, spiral-bound, paper; pdf
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016