P5372 Utility trench, Bishophill Junior to Fetter Lane, York
Item
- Title
- P5372 Utility trench, Bishophill Junior to Fetter Lane, York
- Description
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Most of the contexts seen during this watching brief were probably relatively modern in date. The only exceptions would be the possible build-up / levelling deposit, 1008, and old road surface, 1009, seen in Section 3 and even these need be of no great age since there is plentiful photographic evidence of such surfaces surviving well into the 20th century, especially in the less busy roads such as Bishophill Junior and Fetter Lane.
Despite the trench passing directly beside the boundary wall of the graveyard of St Mary’s Church, believed to have been larger in the past, no disturbed human bone was noted from the trench at any point and it would thus appear that modern service excavations have not disturbed any burials from the presumed enlarged graveyard in the area of the works. It can therefore be stated that no archaeological remains were disturbed during the current works. - Type
- Watching Brief
- Date
- 18 May 2010 – 26 May 2010
- Creator
- York Archaeological Trust
- Contributor
- David Evans (Fieldwork)
- Spatial Coverage
- Bishophill Junior, Fetter Lane, York
- SE60035153
- Period
- Post-medieval
Position: 4077 (56 views)