EYO7859 - The North Annexe, Guildhall Excavation 1
Type
EXCAVATION
Location
Location | Guildhall, York |
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Grid reference | Centred SE 6006 5193 (0m by 1m) |
Map sheet | SE65SW |
Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
Technique(s)
Organisation
York Archaeological Trust
Date
2020
Description
Between the 11th May 2020 and the 21st June 2020 York Archaeological Trust conducted
an archaeological excavation at the North Annexe of the City of York Guildhall. This excavation was undertaken following a watching brief on ground reductions for the new construction within the North Annexe area of the Guildhall redevelopment (EYO7811).
The watching brief was upgraded to excavation once it was established that groundworks would affect a significant sequence of archaeological deposition, dating from the 12th century to the modern period. This included a major event of made ground and levelling, truncating an abundance of Roman material, to raise the landscape adjacent to the River Ouse in the 12th-13th centuries.
This was overlain by evidence of the Augustinian Friary dated to the 13th-16th centuries. The
Post-Medieval period identified extensive truncations of the Friary and reuse of the structural
material to construct later buildings and a graveyard, before the entire area was demolished and levelled to pave the way for the construction of the North Annexe and North Annexe Tower in the late 19th-20th century.
Sources/Archives (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)
- EYO8004 The North Annex, Guildhall (Ref: 2022/49)
Record last edited
Sep 30 2022 10:52AM