P0517/P0518 Former Davygate Centre

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Title
P0517/P0518 Former Davygate Centre
Alternative Title
1997.125 Former Davygate Centre
Description
A watching brief monitored the excavation of trenches for ground beams to a depth of c. 0.45m below ground surface. No deposits of archaeological interest were encountered during this work.



In two trenches, 3m x 3m, excavated to a depth of c. 1.75m below ground surface,

there was plentiful evidence of well preserved archaeological features and deposits. Parts of two of the interval towers, SW 1 and SW2, on the south-west side of the Roman Legionary fortress, were uncovered and examined together with a c.10m stretch of the fortress curtain wall. Undefined deposits at the base of the excavation may have dated from the Anglo-Scandinavian period. There was abundant evidence from all parts of the site for occupation and activity in the medieval period in the form of pits, postholes, deposits and clay floors. Although no stone structures were positively identified the stonework under modern footings may belong to a building of this period. Modern activity on the site consisting mainly of concrete foundations and a thick levelling deposit of brick and concrete rubble which covered the entire site. A foundation of very well mortared sandstone blocks may have been a part of the 19th century Methodist chapel which is known to have fronted onto New Street.
Type
Watching Brief, Excavation
Date
29 October 1997 – 29 October 1997
5 November 1997 – 1 December 1997
Creator
York Archaeological Trust
Contributor
Russell Marwood (fieldwork)
David Evans (fieldwork)
Spatial Coverage
20 Davygate and 9 New Street, York
SE60285188
Monument Type
Monument Type - Interval Tower
Monument Type - Fortress Wall
Monument Type - Undefined
Monument Type - Building
Monument Type - Pit
Monument Type - Chapel
Monument Type - Dump
Period
Roman
Anglo-Scandinavian
Medieval
Modern

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Interim Volume 22 Number 4 Text

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