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The site of the excavation was within the historic centre of Thirsk town, close to listed buildings and the route of a Roman road. The excavation work was carried out in the Market Place. The work involved excavation of circa ten 2m x 1m pits ‘in-line’ to gain access to the water main.

Results

The excavations within the Market Place were beneath the modern paved surface. The sequence of layers was: natural sandy gravel below a layer of modern subsoil containing occasional modern brick debris, a layer of modern dolomite hardcore, 100mm of reinforced concrete and then York stone slabs, tarmac or stone setts. No features of archaeological interest were revealed, and the only artefacts were a small number of sherds of 19th and 20th century pottery, and a number of fragments of brick and tile.