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NHER Number:47
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval pottery finds, The Close

Summary

Medieval pottery fragments and glazed floor tiles were found during construction work in 1960 and 1961.


Grid Reference:TG 2351 0873
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK
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Monument Type(s)

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

1960.
Site of new offices for the Dicoesan Board of Finance. Lower Close.
Early medieval pot sherds.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

1961.
From foundation trenches of new Cathedral offices.
Late medieval glazed tiles.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Sources and further reading

---Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
---Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 4.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.

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