EYO6378 - Carlton Tavern EVA
Type
EVALUATION
Location
Location | Carlton Tavern EVA |
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Grid reference | SE 5797 5147 (point) |
Map sheet | SE55SE |
Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd
Date
2017
Description
Work was scheduled in advance of redevelopment of the site, which proposes the demolition of the Victorian public house and associated 6 bedroom hotel and detailed approval for construction of a three-four storey 76 bedroom care home, 22 car parking spaces, 5 cycle racks and associated landscaping.
Two c. 10m by 2m trenches were excavated on the landscaped lawn area to the front of
Carlton Tavern, as this space offered the largest extent of potentially undisturbed ground. No
previous archaeological works had been conducted on or in the vicinity of the site. The
evaluation was, therefore, to determine the presence or absence of any potential
archaeological remains associated with the site, and to ascertain the extent, condition,
character and date of any such remains.
Both trenches exposed natural clay and sand geology at a depth of less than 1m, above which there was a thick accumulation of clay silt relating to agricultural use of the land up until the construction of the Carlton Tavern building in the 1880s. The only archaeological features identified were five ceramic field drains, placed within steep-edged drain cuts dug through the agricultural soil and natural clay, their backfill containing Victorian pottery and industrial waste. Upper deposits of a level, consistent orange sand layer, relate to the landscaping of
agricultural fields during the construction of Carlton Tavern, then named West Garth, and its grounds during the 1880s.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SYO2028 Unpublished document: NAA. 2017. Carlton Tavern EVA.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
Jun 6 2018 3:53PM