This context (Feature 55, Bag 984) consists of artifacts found within a trash midden located halfway between the New Gaol (the first structure built as a jail) and the First Almshouse, now the site of present-day City Hall Park. The First Almshouse opened in 1735 and the New Gaol in 1759. The deposit, consisting of a total of 7,920 artifacts (excluding bone), is thought to have been a mixed trash midden for both of these buildings.
For more information about this deposit, please see pages 473 to 525 of the City Hall Park (2008) site report.
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Collection method
Collection and "triage recovery" during monitoring
