| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/7480 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Evaluation, Dock Street/Bridge End, Leeds |
| Description | An evaluation was carried out by AOC Archaeology Group between 3rd and 7th April 2000 prior to development of a site at Dock Street, Leeds. The site, centred on the above grid reference, is located in the southern part of Leeds and bounded by the River Aire to the north, Bridge End to the west, Dock Street to the south and Navigation Walk to the east.
Four trenches were excavated using a back acting JCB. The resulting surfaces were then cleaned by hand and recorded. The trenches were excavated at least 5m away from the existing grade II listed buildings on site to avoid undermining their foundations as they were to be retained.
Trench 1 measured 5m by 5m and was located to the west of the site, within the courtyard area of the existing buildings. Trench 2 measured 10m by 2m and was located near the southern site entrance. Trench 3 measured 20m by 2m and was located by the northern part of the transit shed. Trench 4 measured 20m by 2m and was located in the east of the site by the boundary wall. (Exact trench locations can be found in the report, see file).
A York stone slab was found running through the centre of Trench 1, this was presumed to be post medieval in date but no dating evidence was recovered. A number of industrial/modern deposits were also identified within the trench.
Trench 2 contained an 18th century culvert or drain which produced a single sherd of pottery. A later cobbled surface sealed a number of earlier industrial/occupational deposits.
Trench 3 was situated close to the waterfront and contained no archaeological remains from before the 18th century.
Trench 4 contained the only feature of archaeological interest; this was a beam slot which may have been part of a building but could equally be the remains of a length of wood that just rotted in situ. The remaining contexts within this trench seemed to be a single layer of post medieval activity.
No archaeological features were recovered which indicated that the site was in use before the very latest post medieval period. |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |