| Title: |
Skellgarths, Ripon, North Yorkshire. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
57 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was carried out in advance of a proposed development scheme for the construction of a houses on the street front and at the rear. The evaluation comprised the excavation of three trenches which identified a well preserved undisturbed sequence of medieval remains at 1.3m below ground surface from the area close to the Skellgarths Street frontage. Undated alluvial deposits c.2m below ground surface from the central trench were interpreted as an early course of the River Skell. Heavily truncated medieval deposits were recorded c.0.6m below ground surface at the rear of the site. Investigation suggested that medieval deposits which related to the river course, the establishment of a mill race and associated water courses, the subsequent infilling of these features, land reclamation and subsequent use and activity were likely to have been preserved in the half of the site closest to Skellgaths. Organic preservation within this sequence of deposits was very good allowing high quality biological data and organic artefacts to have remained well preserved. Later deposits comprised post-medieval levelling and horticultural activity as well as structural remains of boundary walls, one of which may have acted as a retaining wall. 19th-20th century dumping and large pits were found to have truncated earlier deposits to the rear of the site. The pits had been filled with industrial waste, including quantities of casting sand, discarded by a brass foundry operating in the vicinity at the turn of the century and quantities of butchery waste derived from a pie factory associated with a butchers shop close by. The evaluation determined that important medieval deposits could be destroyed as the result of development but that it should be possible to design appropriate foundations to minimise that destruction. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Rhona Finlayson
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| Publisher: |
York Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Skellgarths Street |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Medieval (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: SKELLGARTHS, RIPON
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Harrogate
Monument: FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DITCH. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Medieval (1066-1540)
Ngr: SE31307110
Parish: Ripon
Postcode: HG4 1BJ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
