P5424 Land to Rear of Festival Flats
Item
- Title
- P5424 Land to Rear of Festival Flats
- Alternative Title
- YORYM: 2010.785 Land to rear of Festival Flats, Fishergate, York (EVL, WB)
- Description
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Evaluation (Ian Milsted):
Two evaluation trenches encountered possible Roman terracing cut into natural deposits. Also present were a probable Roman ditch and occupation soil, which was truncated by medieval activity including rubbish pits which produced 11th-12th century pottery. A substantial 19th century ground make-up deposit sealed all earlier activity and there was some limited evidence of later structures.
Watching brief (David Evans):
During these works no finds were recovered. Due to a redesign of the construction of the new car parking area the only area where it was considered likely that any significant archaeology might be encountered was towards the base of the new ramp but examination of this area when exposed revealed that modern drains had removed most of any archaeology that may have been present. No features were observed here or elsewhere and the overall strip did not fully penetrate clearly modern deposits. A small amount of the medieval agricultural soil was removed during the excavation of the ramp but other than this it is not believed that archaeological deposits or features of any great significance were disturbed and features such as those recorded in the evaluation remain buried below the new car park. - Type
- Evaluation
- Watching Brief
- Date
- 24 August 2010 – 31 August 2010
- 11 October 2010 – 12 October 2010
- Creator
- York Archaeological Trust
- Contributor
- Ian Milsted (Fieldwork)
- David Evans (Fieldwork)
- Spatial Coverage
- Fishergate, York
- SE60735122
- Monument Type
- Monument Type - Agriculture and Subsistence
- Monument Type - Ditch
- Monument Type - Occupation
- Monument Type - Build-up
- Monument Type - Pits
- Monument Type - Levelling
- Monument Type - Drain
- Period
- Romano-British
- Medieval
- Post-medieval
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