York Archaeology Online Collections

Items

• A0512 Tanner Row, Wellington Row
  A machined section was recorded. Limestone blocks were interpreted as part of a stone-lined and capped drain. This feature and road metalling were of Roman date and had already been recorded in the main excavation carried out on this site. Floor deposits and pit cuts were interpreted as associated with timber structures constructed on the north-west side of the road.
• A0753 5 The Crescent
  The backfill of modern service trenches only was observed. Natural deposits were encountered at a depth of 1.40m below ground surface.
• A0748 Tanners Moat, Lendal Bridge arch
  Modern material was observed to a depth of 1.60m below ground surface in contractor's trenches.
• A0747 St Sampson's Square Flue Replacement No. 2
  Modern backfill in a service trench was observed to a depth of 3m below ground.
• A0668 King's Square sewer repair
  Two large shafts with tunnels at their bases were sunk to locate and repair the complex of 19th century sewers. This is on the site of the south-east gate of the Roman fortress through which once passed the Via Principalis. In one shaft a Roman lead waterpipe was found at a depth of 7m. Further along this tunnel mortared limestone rubble was encountered, possibly foundations for the gateway buildings. The second shaft uncovered a large gritstone slab 0.4m thick, at a depth of 4.5m, which may also have been part of the gate foundations. A thick layer of road metalling was seen at the side of this slab.
• A0512 Tanner Row, Wellington Row
  The later surface of the main Roman road to the south-west was encountered. Post-dating the abandonment of part of this road a number of cut features were interpreted as evidence of a timber building, with associated floors and possibly associated pit. Other development included the digging and later infilling of a water channel. Later build-up was interpreted as cultivated soil. Pit digging, possibly associated with a building fronting on to Tanner Row, and robbing activities characterised the further use of the site.
• A0677 Church Street sewer repair
  A large pit, probably of medieval date, was observed in section. A sequence of metalled surfaces of Roman road was observed, and a terracotta drain.
• A0706 Back Swinegate sewer repair
  Material likely to be modern backfill of the service trench was observed in a contractor's trench.
• A0696 Blake Street sewer repair
  The backfill of various service trenches was observed to a depth of 4.50m below ground surface in a contractor's trench.
• A0617 Eclipse Copper Works, James Street
  Victorian houses had been built directly on top of natural clay and it was concluded that any evidence of earlier activity had been removed during these 19th century developments.
• A0659 St. Lawrence's Church Hall, Lawrence Street
  A brick wall and modern drain were observed in a contractor's trench and no other deposits of archaeological interest were encountered.
• A0643 Stud Farm, Middlethorpe, York
  Plough soil was observed beneath a modern surface.
• A0553 Yorkshire Museum lift building
  Parts of the 14th century St Mary's Abbey school and dormitory were exposed together with the stone-lined drain which ran beneath the building to join the drainage system previously recorded in 1984. Foundations of earlier, probably 12th century walls were recorded beneath the floor of the school.
• A0515 Barbican Carpark
  Excavations revealed that extensive damage had been done by the mid-Victorian Cattle Market, but Roman pits attested to extra-mural activity. There was some evidence of 11th-12th century metal-working in the vicinity. There was no stratigraphy of Anglian date, however, the excavation's importance lies in this negative evidence which suggests that Eforwic may have been discontinuous settlement with nuclei along the river bank and along certain roads approaching York.
• A0495 Market Street
  All material observed to a depth of 2m below ground was disturbed by service trenches.
• A0505 Museum Gardens, Hospitium Pumping Station
  A paved surface which sloped towards the River Ouse was excavated, and beneath this were river-lain silts with sawn tree trunks, possibly resulting from the clearance of existing trees when this part of the abbey precinct was laid out. This feature was adjacent to the existing Hospitium arch and may represent the remains of a passage to the river bank associated with St Mary's Abbey.
• A0472 St Sampson's Square
  Medieval ashlar walls were observed to have been disturbed by Victorian drains.
• A0358 North Street Car Park
  A section in a contractor's trench was photographed. Undefined medieval and post-medieval deposits were observed below a modern drain.
• A0407 10 Walmgate
  A post-medieval drain and brick wall were observed in test pits.
• A0371 Lady Hewley's Almshouses, St Saviourgate
  A drain of possible Roman date was observed in a contractor's trench.
• A0325 52 Stonegate
  A burial was located by contractors below a 19th century drain.
• A0342 48 Gillygate (Waggon & Horses)
  18th century building foundations and brick-lined drain were observed to be constructed on the city bank infill.
• A0296 Next to 15 Newgate
  Post-medieval levels to a depth of 0.30m below ground surface were observed during drainage and levelling for a market refuse area.
• A0254 Davygate (sewer)
  The sewer in this area was observed to have truncated archaeological deposits to a depth of 5m below ground surface.
• A0889 Mount Royale Hotel swimming pool
  Post-medieval topsoil and a land drain were observed in a contractor's trench, and natural was seen at 1m below ground surface.