York Archaeology Online Collections

P0681 Land off Cook's Row and Springfield, Scarborough

Item

Title

P0681 Land off Cook's Row and Springfield, Scarborough

Alternative Title

1999.17 YORAT Land off Cook's Row and Springfield, Scarborough

Description

Evidence recorded at the site demonstrated the development of this plot of ground from the medieval through to modern periods.



The earliest activity reached in Trench 1 related to a stone wall, clay floors and hearths belonging to a building. Subsequent parts of this structure were robbed of building materials and alterations were made including the laying of cobbled surfaces and a possible stair foundation. The robbing of this building(s) marked the virtual abandonment of the site for occupation purposes. In Trench 2 waterlogged stream deposits within the channel of the Damyot beck were recorded. A stone built culvert was constructed and attempts were made to in-fill the old channel of the Damyot. Parts of the culvert were later robbed and the dumping of large amounts of waste and debris at the site subsequent to its abandonment for occupation purposes. Garden soils were found above these deposits.



The ownership of the site and its major buildings during the medieval period is not certain though this may have been the Franciscan Friary who are known to have held land immediately to the west. Certainly the demise of the site occurs at around the time of the reformation.

Type

Re-excavation

Date

July 1999 – September 1999

Creator

York Archaeological Trust

Contributor

M Johnson (fieldwork)

Spatial Coverage

Land off Cook’s Row and Springfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

TA04638886

Monument Type

Monument Type - Building

Monument Type - Culvert

Monument Type - Dump

Monument Type - Garden

Period

Medieval

Post-Medieval

Modern