York Historic Environment Record

Excavated by the York Excavation Group, the site has not been fully published. The most comprehensive account is in Monaghan 1997 (SYO1173). The main trench revealed a clay pit, into which had been deposited three major dumps of tile waste, as well as ash and partially carbonised wood which may still have been hot when buried. This was all sealed by soil assumed to be of Roman date. Monaghan suggests a hypothetical reconstruction of the archaeological sequence as: 1) Flavian Leg IX tile waste and associated material was dumped (perhaps in stacks as at St Cuthbert's churchyard). 2) A heap of Ebor ware was dumped near to the kiln site in the mid 2nd century. 3) A clay pit was dug between the mid 2hd and early 3rd century. 4) In the later 2nd or early 3rd century the area was cleared and levelled; the piles of surface rubbish were swept into the redundant clay pit, together with hot rubbish which may have been from contemporary kilns. 5) Soil accumulated over the pit. NMR sources: The Antiquaries journal : journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London Continuation of: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, London 54/1974/2: The Yorkshire archaeological journal Continuation of: Yorkshire archaeological and topographical journal 44/1972/221 Yorkshire Philosophical Society : annual reports /1971/14 Yorkshire Philosophical Society : annual reports /1972/18