P0788 41-49 Walmgate

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Title
P0788 41-49 Walmgate
Alternative Title
YORYM:1999.941 41-49 Walmgate
Description
The area investigated formed part of the Walmgate street frontage and the associated backyards. Excavations with Time Team Live involved reopening an evaluation trench excavated in 1990 (1990.26) and extending it eastwards. Two post and wattle walls found were interpreted as belonging to adjacent buildings fronting Walmgate and dated to the Anglo Scandinavian period. Organic preservation in deposits from this period was good. Elements of late medieval and post medieval buildings were recorded including a hearth.

Four test pits were excavated for engineering purposes and were recorded archaeologically. In these, deposits from the early post medieval period were recorded close to the existing ground surface. Elements of medieval or early post medieval buildings were identified. Underpinning work on the modern building occupied by a shop, together with service trenches, were also recorded.

A larger scale excavation in 2000-2001 recorded a sequence of occupation from the Anglo Scandinavian through to the post medieval period. Timber buildings dating from the 10th to the 13th century were revealed to have been followed by a sequence of timber framed buildings dating from the 14th to the 20th century. Evidence of a 300 year history of metalworking, copper alloy casting and smithing, on this site was also found.
Type
Excavation
Date
3 September 1999 – 25 October 2000
Creator
York Archaeological Trust
Contributor
Patrick Ottaway (excavator)
M Johnson (excavator)
B Antoni (excavator)
N Macnab (excavator)
Jane McComish (Lilley) (excavator)
Spatial Coverage
41-49 Walmgate, York
SE60755157
Monument Type
Monument Type - Wall
Monument Type - Building
Monument Type - Organic Build-Up
Monument Type - Hearth
Monument Type - Oven
Monument Type - Metal-working Pit
Monument Type - Back Yard
Monument Type - Boundary Wall
Monument Type - Well
Monument Type - Service Trench
Period
Anglo-Scandinavian
Medieval
Post-Medieval
Modern
Is Referenced By
Anglo-Scandinavian, Medieval and Post-Medieval Urban Occupation at 41-49 Walmgate, York, UK - Archaeology of York Web Publication AYW1 (2003)

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