Granary Wharf, Leeds: A Programme of Archaeological Investigations 2007
Birmingham Archaeology, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5284/1038410. How to cite using this DOI
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Introduction
In January 2007 a programme of archaeological investigation was carried out at Granary Wharf, Leeds (NGR SE 2975 3320) by Birmingham Archaeology for Scott Wilson on behalf of Isis Waterside Regeneration. The archaeological recording was carried out prior to the groundworks for a mixed-use redevelopment of the site. Three trenches were excavated in the car park and hard-standing of Granary Wharf. The purpose of the project was to assess the character and state of the remains of three wooden sheds that occupied the site during the 19th century.
Two of the trenches recorded truncated remains of the foundations of former structures. A structure recorded in Trench 1 had a substantial limestone foundation and brick-built walls, with a cobbled interior floor. The floor was overlain with industrial waste. Trench 2 recorded a wall and associated flagstone floor representing the north-west corner of a structure. Wood fragments recorded in the backfill and demolition deposits suggest the structure was primarily of constructed from wood with a brick foundation. From cartographic evidence, these structures are thought to date to the first half of the 19th century. No evidence for structures was recorded in Trench 3 which consisted of successive layers of made-ground.
