EYO2771 - Fishergate Roman cemetery

Type

Event - Intervention

Location

Location Fishergate
Grid reference SE 6077 5095 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1876-1877

Map

Description

"H148 a dark grey rustic jar found in 1877; H826, a large biconical jar of hard grey ware, the neck scored with parallel horizontal lines, found in 1877; H2359 a large wide-necked jar of red fabricwith three shoulder grooves, found in 1877; H2147 a small perfume flask, found in 1876. A number of partly fused small glass vessels were found in one of the jars. [These] are all from the site of the Northern Command Headquarters building, and are the only identifiable survivors of a larger number of vessels, some of which contained cremations."

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Monograph: RCHME. 1962. Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume 1 Eburacum. 69.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Fishergate Roman Cemetery (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 14 2017 11:53AM

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