Monument record MYO2021 - Fishergate Roman Cemetery

Summary

A small Roman cremation cemetery of 1st to 2nd century date, indicated by finds of cinerary urns. Described by RCHME in Eburacum p69 as "A cremation cemetery of Ist to 2nd-century date, to east of line of Road I. It lay on east side of Fishergate, with cremations discovered on the site of the [former] Northern Command Headquarters building, between Winterscale and Melbourne Streets, and northwards to the junction of Fawcett Street and Fishergate. " Subsequent excavation in 2008 (EYO4332, On-Site Archaeology) on the corner site between Kent Street and Fawcett Street has produced inhumations of Roman date. The above information comes from RCHME Vol. I page 69. Since 2000, evaluations and excavations at the Barbican, in Kent Street Coach Park, at Fishergate House and at Blue Bridge Lane Mecca Bingo site have produced Romano-British cremations and inhumations which demonstrate that the cremations reported in RCHME vol I form part of much larger mixed cemetery in this area.

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Grid reference Centred SE 60769 51064 (141m by 253m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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[SE 6075 5104] Roman Cinerary Urn found A.D. 1929 [SE 6077 5095] Roman Urns, etc., found 1876 [T.I.] (1)

[Area: SE 608 510]. A small cremation cemetery of 1st. to 2nd. century date. [Sited from map.] (2)

1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 25" 1938
2 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 1:500 1889
3 The City of York. Volume 1: Eboracum: Roman York: Addendum 69 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England

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On Site Archaeology, 2013, Persimmon Residential Development, The Barbican Site (Unpublished document). SYO2816.

York Archaeological Trust, 2021, Mecca Bingo, Fishergate (Unpublished document). SYO2672.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: York Archaeological Trust. 2021. Mecca Bingo, Fishergate.
  • --- Unpublished document: On Site Archaeology. 2013. Persimmon Residential Development, The Barbican Site.

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2022 11:44AM

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