Town, M. (2001). Streamline Garage, King Street, Lancaster. Excavation Assessment Report (2000-2001/083/AUA8107). Lancaster: Lancaster University Archaeological Unit.

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Title:		 Streamline Garage, King Street, Lancaster. Excavation Assessment Report (2000-2001/083/AUA8107)
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Number of Pages:		 53
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation was carried out in advance of proposed housing and retail development. As the area had been densely built on since the second half of the 18th century, considerable post-medieval disturbance to any underlying archaeological deposits was anticipated; this was confirmed in the southernmost part of the excavation area, where a number of diesel tanks and modern features cut through the archaeological deposits. The northern part of the site, however, was covered with a spread of ploughsoil, of possible medieval date, which was associated with a shallow medieval boundary ditch encountered in the evaluation. Several Roman cremations, dating to approximately the second/third century AD, were encountered beneath the medieval subsoil. Of these, five were cut into the top of a large sub-rectangular enclosure, which was orientated north-east/south-west, approximately parallel to Penny Street, but at a diagonal angle to the adjacent King Street. It was probable that the enclosure, possibly a mortuary structure, was later used as a focus for cremations once the ditch had filled. Several rectangular features were also encountered, ostensibly of Roman origin, which cut through the cremations, and were thus of later date. [Au(abr)]
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Author:		 Matthew Town ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
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Year of Publication:		 2001
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Location - Auto Detected: King Street
Location - Auto Detected: Penny Street
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 2001 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: STREAMLINE GARAGE, KING STREET, LANCASTER
Study area: 0.4336ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Lancaster
Monument: FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), POST HOLE. Undated, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DITCH. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Roman (AD43-410), ENCLOSURE DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), CREMATION. Roman
Ngr: SD47656135
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Postcode: LA1 1BW
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Created Date:		 18 Jan 2009