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WYMONDHAM ABBEY, NORFOLK

1980 Excavation WYMONDHAM ABBEY


Finds Holder Norwich Castle Museum
Archive Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Director of fieldwork E Rose
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Full report Norfolk archaeology : a journal of archaeology and local history Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 38/1981/90-92

Note Norfolk Research Committee bulletin 26/1981/6

1992- 1993 Excavation ABBEY MEADOW

Excavations along the route of a new water pipeline immediately to the south of Wymondham Abbey revealed evidence for pre-monastic activity as well as collapsed or demolished medieval structures and a monastic drain. A raised gravel bank and a square flint-lined feature full of burnt material were also assigned to the medieval period. A number of burials were excavated, indicating that the graveyard once extended beyond its present boundary. SMR number (Norfolk): 9437.
Director of fieldwork H Wallis
Funding Body/Financier Anglian Water Services Limited
Archive Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Note Council for British Archaeology Group 6: Bulletin 36/1994/38

Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 37/1993

Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 38/1994

Full report Norfolk Archaeological Unit [assessment & evaluation reports] Wallis H/1993/Excavations at Abbey Meadow, Wymondham/Report No. 22.

Note Norfolk archaeology : a journal of archaeology and local history Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 42/Part I/1994/122-123

1993 Evaluation ABBEY MEADOW

Site code: 9437WYM. The evaluation comprised an earthwork survey, excavation of five evaluation trenches, and a metal detector survey. It was undertaken prior to the laying of a pipeline within the scheduled area of Wymondham Abbey. Significant medieval deposits were discovered. A watching brief followed (Event UID: 1212345). SMR number: 9437.

RCHME Microfilm Index PRN: 6688.
Archive Holder National Monuments Record Centre
Director of fieldwork H Wallis
Archive Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Note Gazetteer of archaeological investigations in England, 1993 edited by K J Spencer British and Irish Archaeological bibliography supplement

Full report Norfolk Archaeological Unit [assessment & evaluation reports] Wallis H/1993/Excavation at Abbey Meadow, Wymondham/Report No. 22.

1997 Watching Brief ABBEY MEADOW

Monitoring of a pipeline trench revealed burials and remains of medieval structures. Watching brief followed an evaluation (Event UID: 1166912).
Finds Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Funding Body/Financier Anglian Water Services Limited
Archive Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Director of fieldwork Sarah Percival
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Note Norfolk archaeology : a journal of archaeology and local history Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 43:1/1998

1998 Watching Brief THE SCHOOLHOUSE, CHURCH STREET

Monitoring of trenches excavated within the Abbey graveyard recorded the remains of eleven individuals, indicative of a possible multiple/mass burial. Funded by Friends of Wymondham Abbey.
Finds Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Funding Body/Financier Friends of Wymondham Abbey
Archive Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Director of fieldwork Ben Hobbs
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Full report Norfolk Archaeological Unit [assessment & evaluation reports] Hobbs B/1998/The Schoolhouse, Church Street, Wymondham: archaeological watching brief/Report No 350.

1998 Watching Brief WYMONDHAM ABBEY

Monitoring of repairs to a memorial stone recorded no significant archaeological features or finds.
Funding Body/Financier Friends of Wymondham Abbey
Archive Holder Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Director of fieldwork Ben Hobbs
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Full report Norfolk Archaeological Unit [assessment & evaluation reports] Hobbs B/1998/Wymondham Abbey, Memorial Stone: archaeological watching brief/Report No 349.

1999 Desk Based Assessment WYMONDHAM ABBEY

Site/SMR Code: 9437. Assessment in advance of the proposed construction of a building against the south wall of the church.
Archive Holder Norfolk Museums Service
Funding Body/Financier Parochial Church Council
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Full report Norfolk Archaeological Unit [assessment & evaluation reports] Cattermole P/1999/Wymondham Abbey: an archaeological desk-based assessment/Report No 435.

2001 Geophysical Survey LAND AT WYMONDHAM ABBEY

Resistivity and ground penetrating radar surveys recorded features relating to the former Benedictine Abbey.
Director of fieldwork E Mercer
Archive Holder Norfolk Sites and Monuments Record
Auspices Stratascan
Director of fieldwork P Barker

Publications :
Full report Stratascan Geophysical and Specialist Survey Services reports Barker P & Mercer E/2001/A Report for Norfolk Archaeological Unit of a Geophysical Survey carried out at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk/Report ref. 1541.

2002 Evaluation EAST TOWER, WYMONDHAM ABBEY

Site/SMR Code: 9437WYM. Four trenches excavated in advance of proposed development, revealing the foundations of an earlier Late Saxon or early Norman church beneath the present nave arcade. A bell founding pit also belonged to this earlier phase, which in turn sealed an inhumation suggesting an even earlier church in the locality. Information from OASIS Online Form.

NMR Microfilm Index; PRN:8906.
Archive Holder Norfolk Museums Service
Archive Holder National Monuments Record Centre
Funding Body/Financier Parochial Church Council
Director of fieldwork G Trimble
Finds Holder Norfolk Museums Service
Auspices Norfolk Archaeological Unit

Publications :
Full report Norfolk Archaeological Unit [assessment & evaluation reports] Trimble G L/2002/An archaeological evaluation at The East (Monastic) Tower, Wymondham Abbey, Wymondham, Norfolk/Report No 775.

2003 Architectural Survey WYMONDHAM ABBEY

Measured survey including complete ground plan & plans of the triforium and clerestory. The E elevations were also surveyed and the results incorporated with rectified elevations.
Information from document ' Excavations & Surveys in Norfolk in 2003' (D Gurney & K Penn). Received from D Gurney (Norfolk Landscape Archaeology) 26. 5. 04.
Archive Holder Norfolk Museums Service
Funding Body/Financier Parochial Church Council
Director of fieldwork Phil Thomas
Auspices Cathedral Survey Services