Hickling, S. (2012). Archaeological Watching Brief along the route of a Replacement Gas Main, Cathedral Close, Norwich. NPS Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1101998. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Watching Brief along the route of a Replacement Gas Main, Cathedral Close, Norwich
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Series:		 NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was conducted for Morrison Utility Services during groundworks associated with gas main replacement works at Norwich Cathedral Close. The results of this project were somewhat compromised by the small amount of open trench available for monitoring as it was possible to feed new pipe along earlier steel gas pipes in most cases) and the fact that most of the trenches that were dug followed the line of existing services and were dug down to steel pipes generally exposing backfill deposits associated with these services. Between The Lower Close and Bishopgate, evidence was found for the insertion of the present road in 1830, in the form of compacted layers of rubble and soil above the heavily, horizontally-truncated, archaeological deposits below. Several walls were recorded, but mostly these were impossible to date or even to surmise their alignment. A new and massive wall was located close to 60 The Close - which may be connected with the 'Gate-Tower to Sextry Yard' shown on Whittingham's map of 1938. A wall that was recorded during watching brief monitoring in 2006-7 was found to extend further. Throughout the area of the Lower Close, previous investigations have found that natural sand lies in excess of 3m below the present ground surface, with 16th-century deposits deeper than 1m below ground level. The walls and floor levels found in the Lower Close were certainly post-medieval in date and were probably associated with garden walls and small garden buildings. The trenches around St Ethelbert's Gate were devoid of significant remains, but the open trench through Almary Green produced large amounts of 17th-century garden soil, sealing a couple of earlier boundary walls
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Author:		 S Hickling
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Publisher:		 NPS Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Parish: Norwich, unparished area
District: Norwich
Country: England
County: Norfolk
Grid Reference: 623568, 308970 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
WALL (Monument Type England)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: norfolka1-116587
OBIB: Report 2795
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Created Date:		 17 Jan 2023