P0772 NCP Car Park, 64-76 Skeldergate

Item

Title
P0772 NCP Car Park, 64-76 Skeldergate
Alternative Title
1999.844 NCP Car Park, 64-76 Skeldergate
Description
Eight boreholes and three trial pits were observed, and well preserved organic deposits were recorded in all of the boreholes and one of the trial pits. The deposits were dated from the Roman to the medieval periods. Evidence of natural terraces lying parallel to the River Ouse was noted. These terraces had been enhanced with thick levelling deposits in the Roman period and there was evidence that substantial Roman buildings may have stood on these terraces. In addition there appears to have been a valley along the north west side of the area indicating the presence of a tributary stream that ran down to the River Ouse.



Further deep, complex and well stratified deposits were encountered in all nine evaluation trenches and included waterlogged organic remains. Very intensive occupation of the site was recorded for the period 11th-15th/16th centuries. Deposits related to structural remains of buildings fronting Skeldergate together with back yards where pit digging and dumping had occurred.
Type
Watching Brief, Evaluation
Date
10 June 1999 – 10 June 1999
22 May 2000 – 7 July 2000
Creator
York Archaeological Trust
Contributor
Kurt Hunter-Mann (fieldwork)
M Johnson (fieldwork)
Spatial Coverage
64-74 Skeldergate, York
SE60135154
Period
Roman
Medieval
Post-Medieval
Modern

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