15th-18th century rubbish pits and boundary ditches, 143 - 147 Newland Street (EHER 17429)

Trial trenching in 1996 recorded 15th-18th century rubbish pits and boundary ditches.

October-November 1996. Trial trenching. An Archaeological evaluation at the above address, by trial trenching identified small concentrations of medieval and early post-medieval activity. Later post medieval and modern activity was also present. The 15th to 16th century saw a small amount of activity on site, with continual use for rubbish pitting and a possible boundary change which extended the site in depth from the street frontage. After the 15th to 16th century and before the deposition of post-medieval make up layer, some form of ground reduction occurred. This truncated all the pre-15th century features. The make-up layer spread across the site from the late 16th century to mid 18th century presumably prepared the site for development. From 18th century the site was in continual use for occupation and possible light industrial use. All the pre 15th - 16th century features were truncated by post-medieval ground reduction. The 19th-20th century saw construction (recently demolished) of buildings along the northern edge of the site. <1>