York Archaeology Online Collections

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• P1281 60 Lawrence Street
  Between 11th and 20th July 2005 York Archaeological Trust undertook an evaluation excavation at 60 Lawrence Street, York. This was in advance of a proposal to demolish the existing retail property and redevelop the site by erecting new flats and garages. In the three trenches excavated evidence was recovered for activity of an agricultural nature during the Roman period followed by disuse in the subsequent Anglian period. Activity, and possibly occupation of the site, recommenced in the Anglo-Scandinavian period and there was some evidence to suggest that this may have been continuous up to the present day. This site has produced valuable evidence for understanding the origins and development of this suburban area of York.
• 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.
• P5461 Conisbrough Cemetery Extension, Sheffield Road, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire
  A 6 trench machine-excavated evaluation in the field immediately south-west of Conisbrough Cemetery identified natural glacial deposits and in one trench (#3) a double-ditch with a clay embankment, provisionally interpreted as the plough-truncated remains of the medieval deer park boundary. Also present down-slope of the boundary was a smaller ditch associated with two stone packed post-holes of unknown date. Up-slope from the boundary, a stone packed foundation of unknown date was also identified.
• P0559 Land adjacent to Female Prison, York Castle
  Deposits of Anglo-Scandinavian date were identified. They included a number of burials indicating the presence of a previously unknown cemetery from this period. Two of the burials were excavated and further inhumations could be seen in the sides and bases of features penetrating to a penetrating to a lower level. A number of post-holes which may have been of medieval date were recorded and interpreted as part of a linear structure, which may have been the rampart and timber palisade of one of the post Conquest timber castles. Several post-medieval graves containing articulated human skeletons were excavated. These were probably part of a cemetery for executed criminals who were hanged at York Castle and probably date from the period 1802-1826. A mortar spreads was thought to have been associated with the construction of the female prison. Modern deposits between 0.40m - 1.60m in depth were removed by machine. 18th and 19th century maps indicate that part of the walls of the castle wall were located here, but no remains of it were found.
• P0506/P0527 18a-19 Fetter Lane
  Evidence of occupation on the site from the Roman to the modern period was found. A metalled Roman surface at a depth of only 1.10m below the modern street was identified with the suggestion of significant Roman deposits below. Post-medieval cellars had truncated some of the deposits.
• P0391 Old Bus Depot, 17-19 Barbican Road
  The area appears not to have been intensively occupied and was often open ground. The excavation encountered a scatter of features at the western end of the site which cut natural deposits. Some of these features may have been of Roman date but most dated to the medieval period. They included an extensive cobble surface which may have been a yard. Several deep pits were found which may have been used for sand and clay extraction. These features were sealed by a build-up of agricultural soil. During the post-medieval period there was some structural activity on the site indicated by cellaring fronting on to Barbican Road, some drains across the central part of the site and a small area of cobbled surface close to Lawrence Lane. Agricultural soil was also found to date from this period and the eastern part of the site was deliberately raised by dumping in the 19th century. Some post-holes were located which must post-date 1864 since the area is shown as open land on Skaif's map of that date. These features were sealed by the building for the Bus Depot, which were demolished in 1996.
• P0209/P0232 Land off Blue Bridge Lane
  This work comprised two phases of archaeological evaluation on either side of Blue Bridge Lane, Fishergate, in advance of a proposed housing development. Post-holes and foundation slots were encountered and were believed to be of Anglian date. An inhumation burial may have dated to this period. A series of medieval features was identified. These included cobbled road surfaces together with a probable roadside ditch, which may suggest an important road junction. There was evidence of terracing and agricultural activity dating to this period. Post-medieval deposits were dumps.
• A0722 26-34 Skeldergate
  Three trenches were excavated to determine the level of survival of archaeological deposits. Stone structures of medieval date were found to survive close to the Skeldergate street front and beneath the cobble river lane exposed in a previous phase of trial work. An impenetrable masonry feature located at depth in a borehole may represent the line of a Roman wharf.