Investigation of Burgage Plots to the Rear of Number 9 High Street and the Town Hall, Off Jerry Croft, Skipton, North Yorkshire

Abstract

Abstract Prior to its redevelopment in the spring of 2013, a number of phases of archaeological work were undertaken on land to the rear of number nine High Street and the Town Hall, Skipton, North Yorkshire. High Street is one of the main medieval thoroughfares of the town and remnants of former burgage plots were discovered across the area. Ditches running counter to these features suggest they were constructed above an already developed landscape, which was radiocarbon dated to the early medieval period, elements of which were likely to have been visible at the time they were incorporated into the later settlement. Stray finds of prehistoric and Roman date indicate that there was activity in the area over a much longer period, but the site was dominated by remains of medieval date, which included over 700 sherds of pottery, large amounts of animal bone, and a silver finger-ring.