| Description | During May 2013 Archaeological Services WYAS (ASWYAS) undertook a watching brief during groundworks associated with the construction of an extension to the rear of The Albert, Ilkley. The public house is located within the core of Roman and Medieval Ilkley, and so it was thought likely that archaeological remains may be exposed during the work.
The watching brief was maintained during the excavation of the foundation and service trenches, and was undertaken by a mini 360 tracked excavator fitted with a 0.50m wide toothless bucket. Despite the site’s proximity to the Roman fort, no archaeological features or finds of this period were recorded during the watching brief. This, however is probably reflects the intensive activity relating to gas, water, and drainage services and beer lines from the cellar to the public house that has taken place in the back yard. The only identified features were two post medieval, stone built culvert drains. Finds recovered from the upper fill of one of the culverts indicated that it silted up some point during the 20th century (finds included butchered animal bone, clay pipe, vessel glass and late 19th to 20th century pottery).
For further details please see the final report (ASWYAS, 2013), a copy of which is on file in West Yorkshire HER. |