Swales, C. and Tenzer, M. (2017). 20 Bishophill, York, North Yorkshire. Archaeological Watching Brief Report, Phase 2. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1053231. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 20 Bishophill, York, North Yorkshire. Archaeological Watching Brief Report, Phase 2
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting on behalf of McCarthy and Stone Retirement Lifestyle Ltd to undertake an archaeological watching brief at 20 Bishophill Junior, York. The site is located within a very high density of listed buildings and within a conservation area, 10 m to the east of the scheduled medieval city walls of York. The watching brief followed on from evaluation trenching, watching brief and geotechnical investigations on the site which identified medieval and possible Romano-British structures and buried deposits. It was agreed with the developer that significant construction impacts would be kept above 16.66 m above Ordnance Datum (aOD). Wessex Archaeology maintained a watching brief on the demolition of the extant structural remains on site which would otherwise impeded construction, as well as groundworks for foundations, utility services and piling. The watching brief recorded a series of cellars and drains associated with Oliver House and 19th-century structures identified on the 1852 and 1892 OS maps of the site. A brick sample taken from a well associated with one of these nineteenth century cellars may have origins dating from the fifteen to sixteenth century. Construction of the cellars had truncated any earlier archaeological deposits. Areas of site not previsouly truncated by post-medieval structures were not excavated below the agreed depth of 16.66 m aOD. No in situ Romano-British/medieval deposits or features were identified. The most significant finds were a probable Romano-British altar identified amongst the demolition fill of a nineteenth century cellar. The altar shows signs of extensive weathering and may have been re-used as a Victorian garden feature. The watching brief also identified a disarticulated human skull during the removal of a manhole. The skull was recovered from the fill of the construction cut for the manhole, but its age is uncertain.
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Author:		 Chris Swales
Martina Tenzer
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Parish: YORK
Site: 20 Bishophill Junior
District: York
County: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 459974, 451417 (Easting, Northing)
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ALTAR (Object England)
POT (Object England)
BOTTLE (Object England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
TILE (Object England)
AMPHORA (Object England)
CELLAR (Monument Type England)
BRICK (Object England)
WELL (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-303749
OBIB: 107774.01
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2019