P0391 Old Bus Depot, 17-19 Barbican Road
Item
- Title
- P0391 Old Bus Depot, 17-19 Barbican Road
- Alternative Title
- 1996.172 YORYM The Old Bus Depot
- Description
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The area appears not to have been intensively occupied and was often open ground. The excavation encountered a scatter of features at the western end of the site which cut natural deposits. Some of these features may have been of Roman date but most dated to the medieval period. They included an extensive cobble surface which may have been a yard. Several deep pits were found which may have been used for sand and clay extraction. These features were sealed by a build-up of agricultural soil.
During the post-medieval period there was some structural activity on the site indicated by cellaring fronting on to Barbican Road, some drains across the central part of the site and a small area of cobbled surface close to Lawrence Lane. Agricultural soil was also found to date from this period and the eastern part of the site was deliberately raised by dumping in the 19th century. Some post-holes were located which must post-date 1864 since the area is shown as open land on Skaif's map of that date. These features were sealed by the building for the Bus Depot, which were demolished in 1996. - Type
- Excavation
- Date
- 2 April 1996 – 21 June 1996
- Creator
- York Archaeological Trust
- Contributor
- Jane McComish (Lilley) (fieldwork)
- Spatial Coverage
- 17-19, Barbican Road, York
- SE61135123
- Monument Type
- Monument Type - Cobble Surface
- Monument Type - Pit
- Monument Type - Agriculture and Subsistence
- Monument Type - Dump
- Monument Type - Post-Hole
- Monument Type - Cellar
- Monument Type - Building
- Period
- Roman
- Medieval
- Post-Medieval
- Modern
Position: 3971 (57 views)