P0532/P0574 BHS Store, 44 Coney Street

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Title: P0532/P0574 BHS Store, 44 Coney Street
Alternative Title: 1998.2 BHS Store, 44 Coney Street
Description: Archaeological work carried out in advance of the construction of escalator pits revealed extremely well preserved remains of the Roman legionary fortress wall standing to a height just below the modern floor surface. The fortress wall appeared to be retained as a landscape feature well into the 13th century, and although the wall was robbed and material built up against its sides during the medieval period, it continued to be used as a property boundary in to the 20th century.

Occupation of the Feasgate frontage was represented by a series of pits which indicated the disposal of butchery and leather working waste which were dated to the early 12th - 13th century. Timber and clay lined pits which had been truncated by later pits may have been associated with tanning or textile dyeing trades. A complex series of beam slots, which was thought to be the remains of a timber framed outbuilding or byre, dated to the 12th century. Medieval deposits had been partly truncated and post medieval deposits completely removed by the construction of the modern shop.
Type: Evaluation, Watching Brief
Date: 9 January 1998 – 16 January 1998; 1 June 1998 – 8 June 1998
Creator: York Archaeological Trust
Contributor: N Macnab (fieldwork); David Evans (fieldwork)
Spatial Coverage: 44, Coney Street/Feasegate, York; SE60305182
Monument Type: Monument Type - Legionary Fortress; Monument Type - Wall; Monument Type - Occupation; Monument Type - Surface; Monument Type - Yard; Monument Type - Pit; Monument Type - Build-Up; Monument Type - Outbuilding; Monument Type - Agricultural Building; Monument Type - Dump; Monument Type - Industrial Waste; Monument Type - Fence; Monument Type - Drainage Ditch; Monument Type - Sewer; Monument Type - Building; Monument Type - Pit
Period: Roman; Anglo-Scandinavian; Medieval; Modern; Undated

Position: 1156 (99 views)