Basic info

Collection

Archaeology

Title

Number 2 Ogleforth York. Archaeological Investigation. Report June 2008.

Object name

Report

Object category

Archaeological site

Description

The earliest archaeological deposit encountered related to late medieval cultivation and nightsoiling dated by an assemblage of pottery to the mid-14th century. A timber-framed building was erected at the front of the plot dated by pottery to the late 14th to 15th century. This structure was represented by a rear and internal wall footing containing accumulative floor surfaces associated with a stone and tile hearth. This building stood until the late 18th century when it was demolished and rebuilt in brick with internal York stone flag floor. This build can be identified on the first edition 1852 Ordnance Survey map of York and appears in the earliest available historic photographs of Ogleforth dating to the 1880s as a workshop/warehouse. This building stood at the site until the 1980s when it too was demolished and the site given over to car parking.