House - medieval

The National Monuments Service's description

Excavations at 1-3 High Streetin advance of development, revealed a single post-and-wattle structure. Located in the western half of the site, the exposed sections of wall measured 4.4m east-west by 4.2m north-south. A stone surface and wooden pathway were located immediately to the east of this building during its first phase of occupation. The internal features of the building were partially destroyed by a large intrusive pit which also hampered interpretation of the successive phases of this building. This structure exhibited two structural rebuildings and four separate phases of internal occupation. The pottery evidence suggests a mid/late 1 2fth-century date for the construction and occupation of these buildings, Two door jambs and threshold planks represent the only associated structural remains, perhaps the gateway to a craft workshop. The final phase of occupation was represented by the corner of a post-and-wattle structure uncovered in the very northwest corner of the site and a layer of brushwood matting in the north-east with associated post-and-wattle walls. The pottery assemblage recovered from the site dates from the mid- 12th to the mid- 13th century, 96% of which were imported wares from north-west France and southwest England. Other finds include two complete stave-built buckets and part of a 9th-century penannular brooch which was found in a l2th- century context (Murtagh)