A Romano-British settlement at Street House, North East Yorkshire NZ 7390 1965

An archaeological report on the excavation of a roman building at Street House, near Loftus, undertaken in 2008. This 40 page report concerns the excavation of a building within an enclosure at Street House that has been dated to the fourth century AD.

The report contains reports on the pottery, jet working, plant macro-fossils and quernstones with a comment on the metalwork and glass. A discussion on the nearby parallels places the site in its context.

There are 16 illustrations and 4 photographic images. The site is to the south of a previously excavated Iron Age settlement and Anglo-Saxon cemetery.

Available for £3 (add £1 for p&p) from: Steve Sherlock – email stephen.sherlock @ntlworld.com for further details.

The memoirs of an undergraduate work placement

Hi, I’m Kevin T. Horsley. I have been doing lots of stuff with Teesside Architectural Services for a while now. They are very nice, and I like doing work for them. I’m off now. Love and kisses. Bye.




The excerpt above is from the mind of Kevin Horsley - an undergraduate archaeology student who leaves Tees Archaeology today after an eventful 9 months being fully retrained in reading and writing....he had such a poor grasp of the ways of the world that we decided to `pad out` his description a little bit and we have re-edited his text to the following short article......



As an undergraduate archaeology student, working with a professional archaeology unit for nine months has been an incredibly valuable and rewarding experience. I have been able to take part in every aspect of working in a unit, and not only learn something new or build upon skills learnt at university, but also to thoroughly enjoy doing it, and in such an enjoyable and friendly place!

I could write forever about everything I have been involved in, but its probably best to pick some highlights from the past year. By far the most memorable aspects were the fieldwork, and in particular, the community projects. The Stockton Building Recording project, the Eston Hills Survey and The Heritage of Hart Project from which I was able to produce a full report, allowing me to see a project from conception to positive conclusion. And, of course, Stewart’s Park where I enjoyed working with other volunteers on a two week excavation, digging, surveying, and my personal favourite, planning! Doing commercial fieldwork and projects such as the building recording at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough and excavation at Wade’s Stone, North Yorkshire were also great opportunities to hone my skills.

But, even the office work was fun! I have had the opportunity to start a long-term desk-based survey of all the farms in the Lower Tees Valley, primarily using Tithe, Estate and early OS maps up to the present day. Simply working in the document store, archiving, and the bunker where TA’s finds are stored, was enjoyable as I got to see the full range of projects, post-excavation that Tees Archaeology have accomplished over the last forty years.

If anyone has the chance to work with Tees Archaeology, I would recommend they leap upon the opportunity! You wouldn’t regret it!

Tees Archaeology would like thank Kevin for this tissue of lies above and would also like to thank him for all his help and hard work in the last 9 months. We wish him all the best for the future.

Kevin has now been returned to his locked room and will spend his days dreaming of blue skies and highlighter pens.

Bridging The Gap

A very sunny day and ideal conditions for a site visit to Thornton, Middlesbrough to inspect an old brick bridge spanning Stainton Beck.


The bridge is made of hand-made brick and is probably late 17th-18th century in date. It is likely to be an estate bridge of the former Thornton Hall which had been demolished by 1808.

Many of the field walls in this part of the village are probably estate walls perhaps from walled gardens, showing the interest the gentry had in horticulture in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Recent discovery at Stewart Park

Tees Archaeology have recently excavated an early medieval unglazed pot at Stewart Park.

The household pot is probably Tees Valley Ware and is dated around 1200AD, it is unusual to find such an early and complete example.

Tees Archaeology on Flickr

We try to tell the volunteers not to eat the items they excavate - but this little volunteer wouldnt listen !

We have decided to upload more photographs on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/teesarchaeology/

More photographs of Stewart Park 2010 are available for viewing and we will endeavour to upload new photographs at every opportunity.

If you have any photographs of Tees Archaeology in action and would like them added, please email ian.jones@hartlepool.gov.uk

Stewart Park Excavation 2010

Tees Archaeology have spent the last week at Stewart Park excavating the sun baked earth.

They have successfully excavated the foundations of a Victorian 2 storey cottage, probably built in the 1860s by Henry Bolckow.

The theory is that when Henry Bolckow built Marton Hall, these cottages were built to rehouse the people who lived on the site of the current Hall.

The open day on Sunday 23rd was a great success with over 110 people touring the site and having a go at excavating in the `kiddie trench`.

Tees Archaeology would once again like to pass on our sincere thanks to all the volunteers who assisted in this project.

The excavation ends on Friday 28th May 2010 and we look forward to returning next year.

Stewart Park Open Day

Tees Archaeology will be holding an open day at Stewart Park, Marton Village on Sunday 23rd May 2010.

This is to coincide with the excavation that is taking place at the moment.

You will have a chance to have a guided tour around the excavation and have a go at excavating in our trench - Adults and children are more than welcome.

Frances McIntosh the Finds Liaison officer of the Portable Antiquites Scheme will also be on site to identify items found by the general public.

The Open day is on from 11am to 4pm and Tees Archaeology volunteers are asked to arrive at 10am.