The Three Mariners Public House, Bridge Lane, Lancaster, Lancashire. Archaeological Watching Brief.

Following a request from Tyler Designs on behalf of Mitchell’s of Lancaster, Oxford Archaeology North undertook an archaeological watching brief during the excavation
of a foundation trench for a refuse bin storage yard at the Three Mariners public house, Bridge Lane, Lancaster, Lancashire, SD 476 619.
The watching brief was undertaken on the 2nd March 2005, within an area close to previous archaeological works at the site of the former Pye’s warehouse and Damside Street (OA North 2003). On the basis of previous archaeological interventions in the area, there was the possibility of encountering archaeological evidence for eighteenth
century land reclamation along with industrial and warehouse development, but also of waterside activity dating to the Roman period.
Archaeological features observed within the 0.2m deep trench during the watching brief at the Three Mariners site included a demolished wall; the scar for this wall
could be seen on the side of the main building and is probably a former garden wall. Evidence for a make-up layer was also observed, with the deposit producing bricks and stone, some post-medieval pottery, and animal bone.