York Archaeology Online Collections

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• P5584 Former Hostel & Haymarket Car Park, Dundas Street
• P1307 Land at junction of Dixon Lane and George Street, York
  The site at the junction of Dixon Lane and George Street, York, was of exceptional interest as it produced remains of Roman, Anglian, Anglo Scandinavian, and Medieval date. Forming one of the most complete settlement sequences recovered in York. The primary aim of the excavation was the complete excavation of the Medieval cemetery of St Stephen's church. Over 100 burials were recovered, but all traces of the church had been removed by 19th century truncation of the site. One of the most interesting aspects of the skeletal analysis was the presence of three burials with non-European characteristics. In addition to the Medieval cemetery, remains of settlement of Roman, Anglian, and Anglo Scandinavian date were present together with hints of a Roman cemetery in the vicinity. The sheer density of features across the site was staggering.
• P1214 Land Adjacent To St Saviour's Church, Hungate, York
  Between 13th and 22nd September York Archaeological Trust undertook an archaeological evaluation excavation at land adjacent to St Saviour’s Church, Hungate, York in order to assess the date, nature, preservation and quality of any archaeological remains on the site. The evaluation revealed a complex sequence of burials, structures and occupation deposits, and road surfaces dating from the 11th - 12th century to the present day. There was also evidence of possible earlier Roman, Anglian and Anglo Scandinavian activity on the site. Significant archaeology, including the burials, lay relatively close to the modern ground surface but is at present generally well preserved and has great potential as an archaeological resource for revealing and understanding the development of this area of York over the last 2000 years.
• P1304 St Mary's Church
• P5935 Former Newington Hotel, Mount Vale, York
• A0205 Jewbury
  500 burials from the cemetery of the Jewish community in York were excavated. It was first used sometime between 1177 and 1230 and remained in use until the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290. Traces of Roman occupation were found beneath the cemetery levels.
• P1213 Land at 3 Driffield Terrace
  Excavations took place in The Mount Roman cemetery adjacent to the main Roman approach road to York from the south-west. A group of graves containing 56 skeletons was uncovered, of which 49 were adult males aged 20-45 years. Thirty of these adults had been decapitated.
• A0322 46-54 Fishergate (Redfearn National Glass)
  Traces of agricultural activity and some minor ditches represented the Roman activity on the site. The earliest extensively excavated deposits related to settlement which dated to between the late 7th century or early 8th century and the mid/late 9th century. Two distinct archaeological periods were identified, separated by a distinctive deposit of charcoal which was interpreted as levelling and represented the abandonment of the site. The first period of settlement consisted of a series of large well spaced properties limited to the east by a boundary ditch. An east-west line of pits delineated the southern edge of this settlement which contained post-built structures and their associated pits and latrines. This first settlement had the appearance of planned development. Its location at the junction of two rivers, and evidence from the finds which suggested craft activities and trading, give rise to the interpretation of the settlement as part of the trading wic, from which Eofowic derives its name. At some point all of these structures were demolished and sealed by a levelling deposit composed of domestic waste and fire sweepings. The levelling deposit was cut by a boundary ditch associated with a number of pits. This new settlement dated to the first half of the 9th century and was less intensive and less extensive than that dating to the 8th century. Occupation appeared to have continued into the late 9th century when the site was abandoned until c. AD 1000. A late 10th - 11th century structure was encountered in the south-eastern part of the site. A possible early church and associated burials were found. The cemetery continued in use through the 12th century. A stone built monastic complex, St Andrew's Gilbertine Priory, was constructed in the late 12th century, and dedicated in 1202. The priory was modified a number of times; the final adjustments to partitions took place in the 16th century. The church was demolished c. 1538. The site was used as an orchard in the 17th and 18th centuries before an early glass factory was built in 1870-1900, and replaced by modern factory buildings in 1900- 1984.
• A0278 99A Heslington Road (Belle Vue House/Anglian cemetery)
  Excavation of terraced feature and cemetery of Anglian date was carried out. Thirty-eight inhumations were found in a series of backfilled terraces in the south side of a morainic ridge near Lamel Hill.
• A0084 16-22 Coppergate
  The earliest activity on the site took the form of Roman timber buildings, replaced by stone buildings, and also a late Roman cemetery. No activity is recorded after the 4th century until the late 9th century when rubbish disposal and post and wattle boundary fences suggest occupation close to the site. In the later 9th/early 10th century these boundaries are realigned, possibly indicating, Coppergate, with street fronting properties, had been laid out in this period. Four post and wattle buildings fronting the street become distinguishable, and evidence of iron working and other trades on a commercial scale are recorded. Dumping on the Coppergate street frontage occurs in the late 10th century in connection with the erection, within the same boundary lines of sunken featured structures; sometimes in two rows and behind the street frontage. Modern truncation has rendered evidence for 11th century and later buildings on the street front, but the area to the rear is increasingly built up with phases of structural activity and dumped deposits.