Source/Archive record SYO1311 - Bootham School Music and Arts building
Title | Bootham School Music and Arts building |
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Author/Originator | On-Site Archaeology |
Date/Year | 2011 |
Abstract/Summary
An archaeological evaluation was carried out by On-Site Archaeology Ltd on the site of a
proposed new Music and Arts Building, at Bootham School, York, in May 2011. The site lies
close to the Roman fortress and medieval city wall, close to the line of a major Roman road,
in an area known to contain Roman burials.
The evaluation comprised the hand excavation of a single trench, which measured 3m x 3m at
the modern ground level. This was then stepped in to a small sondage to reveal natural
deposits at a depth of 1.65m below the modern ground level. The natural was sealed by two
thick deposits of agricultural or horticultural soil that contained a mixture of medieval and
residual Roman pottery. These soil horizons suggest that the area has experience substantial
reworking of early deposits during the medieval period. As a result any Roman archaeology
that survives on the site is likely to take the form of cut features into the natural, truncated by
medieval ploughing. Intact Roman stratigraphy is unlikely to have survived this plough
truncation. The medieval soil horizons were sealed by a sequence of deposits and features
dating to the post-medieval and early modern periods, which had then been cut by recent
services.
Referenced Monuments (0)
Referenced Events (1)
- EYO4511 Bootham School Arts and Music Building (Ref: OSA11EV19)
Record last edited
Oct 5 2011 9:15AM