EYO2838 - Stone coffin found under house at corner of Price's Lane and Bishopgate Street
Type
Event - Intervention
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SE 6019 5112 (point) |
| Map sheet | SE65SW |
| Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
Not recorded.
Description
Large coffin of stone found in July 1851 at a depth of 3ft under house at corner of Price's Lane and Bishopgate Street, containing the skeleton of a child between her legs. The bodies had been covered in gypsum forming a cast preserved in the Yorkshire Museum, with fragments of cloth still adhereing to it. No grave goods are preserved from this coffin but a hole above the left shoulder of the woman's skeleton shows whence some were removed. In 1853 T Price gave the the Yorkshire Museum a small Roman coin found in a stone coffin.
NGR IS SE60205112 in RCHME p108
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SYO62 Monograph: RCHME. 1962. Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume 1 Eburacum. 108.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
Apr 9 2008 11:13AM