P0777/P0824 Former Concrete Works, Leeman Road

Title: P0777/P0824 Former Concrete Works, Leeman Road
Alternative Title: 2000.569 Former Concrete Works, Leeman Road
Description: Fourteen test pits and seven bore holes were observed as a watching brief. Modern dumping was recorded to a depth of up to 2m above natural over the majority of the site. In one trench c. 0.10m depth of build up which was possibly of post medieval date was recorded. Further work examined eight evaluation trenches. In one of these trenches, close to Leeman Road, the base of an old plough soil was identified. This deposit included Roman and post medieval pottery. The majority of the deposits which were encountered industrial waste including ash and cinders together with building and structural debris. In addition some deposits were redeposited natural. This material was all interpreted as modern infilling and levelling of a sloping ground surface associated with railway construction and works.

See also desk top study 2000.2 YORAT
Type: Watching Brief, Evaluation
Date: June 2000 – June 2000; 26 January 2001 – 2 February 2001
Creator: York Archaeological Trust
Contributor: David Evans (fieldwork); M Johnson (fieldwork)
Spatial Coverage: Bishop Fields Development, Leeman Road, York; SE59225189
Monument Type: Monument Type - Build-Up; Monument Type - Agriculture and Subsistence; Monument Type - Dump; Monument Type - Levelling; Monument Type - Natural
Period: Post-Medieval; Modern

Position: 4487 (53 views)