Norwich Castle: Excavations and Historical Survey, 1987-98. Part II: c. 1345 - Modern

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With major contributions from Umberto Albarella, Mark Beech, Niall Donald, Alison Goodall, Julia Huddle, Alison Locker, Irena Lentowicz, Marta Moreno García, Quita Mould, Jacqui Mulville, Peter Murphy, Andy Shelley and Margot Tillyard. In the 1980s work began on construction of the vast underground Castle Mall shopping centre in Norwich. The associated archaeological excavation was one of the largest of its kind in northern Europe, designed to investigate not only the castle bailey but also pre-Conquest settlement and, for the post-Conquest period, areas of the surrounding medieval city. The report describes evidence for late Saxon streets, houses and graveyards; the developing fortifications of an urban castle established before 1100; gradual encroachment by the townspeople into the castle precinct after the 13th century; documentation relating to the ownership and development of properties within the Castle Fee; crafts and industries associated with these plots — notably bell-founding; a late medieval assemblage of great significance from the barbican well including ironwork, leather waste, bird and animal bone; and sizeable finds assemblages resulting from the steady infilling of castle ditches with domestic and commercial refuse. Chapter 8. Castle Decline and City Encroachment (c.1345 to mid/late 16th century) 541 Chapter 9. The Barbican Well Assemblage (late 14th to early 16th century) 654 Chapter 10. The Second City (late 16th to 18th century) 746 Chapter 11. Cattle Market to Castle Mall (19th to 20th century) 921 Chapter 12. The Changing Castle 958 Chapter 13. Trade, Industry, Technology and Economy 994 Chapter 14. General Discussion and Conclusions 1054 Bibliography 1077 Index 1107