Monument record MDO18123 - Greyhound Yard, Roman building 5470

The remains of a building with post-built walls in the southern half of the eastern frontage of the Greyhound Yard insula, found during the 1984 excavations at Greyhound Yard. Built along the west side of Street 5533, with a corridor or arcade to the rear, it may have formed part of a larger building complex with Building 5452.

Found during the excavations carried out by Wessex Archaeology in 1984 prior to the redevelopment of the area of the former Greyhound Yard. (1) The results of the excavation were published together with the results of the adjacent Old Methodist Chapel excavations. (2) The numbers in square brackets below are context and feature numbers used in the published report (2). Traces of a structure were found in the area behind the southern end of the eastern frontage of the Greyhound Yard insula. It lay beneath the remains of a later Roman building and was constructed over earlier soil layers. The structure consisted of two lengths of wall set at right angles [4204, 4205], comprising a single face of small limestone slabs set in clayey loam 2-3 courses high and remnants of a substantial chalk floor in the angle between the walls and to the north. It is not clear whether the walls were internal or external walls and the full extent of the building is not known. A number features including a concentration of stakeholes cut through the chalk floor, but it is unclear whether these were contemporary with Building 5470. The stratigraphic evidence suggests this building was constructed in the 2nd century AD. This structure went out of use at some time before the construction of the overlying Building 3504 in the 3rd/4th century AD. Not enough of this building survives to be able to determine its size, layout and function.

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Jan 17 2024 2:46PM