York Historic Environment Record

A small Roman cremation cemetery of 1st to 2nd century date, indicated by finds of cinerary urns. Described by RCHME in Eburacum p69 as "A cremation cemetery of Ist to 2nd-century date, to east of line of Road I. It lay on east side of Fishergate, with cremations discovered on the site of the [former] Northern Command Headquarters building, between Winterscale and Melbourne Streets, and northwards to the junction of Fawcett Street and Fishergate. " Subsequent excavation in 2008 (EYO4332, On-Site Archaeology) on the corner site between Kent Street and Fawcett Street has produced inhumations of Roman date. The above information comes from RCHME Vol. I page 69. Since 2000, evaluations and excavations at the Barbican, in Kent Street Coach Park, at Fishergate House and at Blue Bridge Lane Mecca Bingo site have produced Romano-British cremations and inhumations which demonstrate that the cremations reported in RCHME vol I form part of much larger mixed cemetery in this area.