EYO679 - Pavement sewers

Type

WATCHING BRIEF

Location

Location Pavement
Grid reference SE 6045 5176 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

York Archaeological Trust

Date

October - 1990

Map

Description

WATCHING BRIEF A series of sewer repairs on Pavement. 1990.31 Pavement Sewer Flue Repair No.2: Watching Brief A watching brief was undertaken during sewer repair. It was not possible to make any drawn record of this hole, which measured 2 x 2.5m and was approximately 3.6m deep. It penetrated several organically rich layers. Objects retrieved unstratified from the contractor's spoil heaps included leather offcuts, a sawn antler tine, and pieces of 10th century Stamford ware crucible. NMR sources: York Archaeological Trust Hall R & Marwood R/1990/Pavement Sewer Flue Repair No 3 (32 Pavement), York: Watching Brief (YAT No 1990.33). York Archaeological Trust annual report /1990-91/26-28 York Archaeological Trust Fascicule 8.3/1991/278-281 Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology XXXV/1991/199

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: YAT. 1990. Pavement Sewers.
  • --- Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (5)

  • PAVEMENT SEWER FLUE REPAIR 1 (Ref: 1990.27)
  • PAVEMENT SEWER FLUE REPAIR 1 (Ref: 1990.27)
  • PAVEMENT SEWER FLUE REPAIR 3 (Ref: 1990.33)
  • PAVEMENT SEWER FLUE REPAIR 3 (Ref: 1990.33)
  • PAVEMENT SEWER FLUE REPAIR 2 (Ref: 1990.31)

Record last edited

Nov 11 2020 2:03PM

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