P5234 Utility trench, Stonegate to Blake Street, York
Item
- Title
- P5234 Utility trench, Stonegate to Blake Street, York
- Description
- Since the excavated trenches broadly followed the line of the gas main or its spurs it is, perhaps, not surprising that the vast majority of the observed and recorded contexts were clearly of modern origin. No features or buried structures were seen at any point along the line of the works. A few contexts, 1017 in Trench 9, 1028 in Trench 14, 1041 in Trench 19, 1048 in Trench 21, 1054 in Trench 22, 1064 in Trench 24 and 1072 in Trench 26 could possibly have been build up deposits but due to the small size of many of the trenches this cannot be confirmed. However, it is of some interest to note that five of these seven possible build-up deposits occurred within trenches along Little Stonegate which may hint at a better state of preservation of archaeological deposits in the Little Stonegate area compared to Stonegate. Overall it is believed that no serious damage was done to any deposits, features or structures of any great archaeological significance.
- Type
- Watching Brief
- Date
- 1 May 2009 – 21 May 2009
- Creator
- York Archaeological Trust
- Contributor
- Dave Evans (Fieldwork)
- Spatial Coverage
- Stonegate, Blake street, York
- SE60255205
- Period
- Post-medieval
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