| Description | During August 2007 Archaeological Services WYAS (ASWYAS), undertook a strip and record excavation within an overgrown garden situated adjacent to No. 3 Bunkers Hill, in advance of the construction of a house (now built and called Woodlands). The site lies in an area known to be associated with medieval/early post medieval pottery production (PRN 2059).
An area measuring 12m by 9m was the subject of a strip, map and record, and four pits were revealed to the east and south east of the stripped area. All the pits contained pottery sherds (248 sherds in total) as well as clay pipe stems, saggars, kiln fragments, and pieces of fired clay. The pottery varied from medieval Cistercian ware (1450 – c.1600) to 17th and 18th century wares, including Blackware, Slipware, Yellow ware and Coarseware, while the clay pipe fragments mainly dated to the 17th century. A trample layer covered an area measuring approximately 8m² at the south east corner of the excavation trench, sealing some of the pits. The layer varied in thickness (0.08m to 0.02m) and consisted of a firm, clayey silt; this layer also produced around 50 pot sherds (two of which were yellow ware bowls that bore the distinctive triple fingertip impressions which are characteristic of Wrenthorpe wares) and 19 fragments of clay pipe.
For further details please see the final report (ASWYAS, 2013), a copy of which is on file at West Yorkshire HER. |