48 Front Street, Tynemouth
NZ 371 693; (Mark Randerson); evaluation; September 21st-October 1st 2001; 48 FST01
Three trenches were investigated, which revealed evidence relating to the medieval settlement of Tynemouth, Victorian development of the site, and the subsequent use of the land for horticultural purposes.
Natural sub-stratum was encountered in Trenches 2 and 3 and this comprised yellow orange medium sand, mottled with patches of brown silty sand. The height at which this deposit was encountered varied between 24.56m AOD in Trench 2 and 24.72m AOD in Trench 3.
Trench 1 contained several layers of Victorian construction debris, and a pit of the same era, also containing building debris. Trench 2 contained buried medieval and post-medieval soils, overlain by imported material of 19th century date and garden deposits. Trench 3 exposed existing garden deposits, imported material of 19th century date, the stone foundations of what may have been a 19th century outbuilding, part of a substantial 19th century rubbish pit, and underlying buried post-medieval and medieval soil horizons.
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