Church Cliff House, Filey, North Yorkshire Archaeological Investigation

The archaeological investigations were able to examine the entire length of the footpath to a depth of c. 0.3m. The archaeological remains revealed during this investigation consisted of traces of what appeared to be a robbed out wall along with the remains of an area of cobbling and a possible threshold or doorway for another building. A relatively large amount of artefactual and environmental material was recovered which included ironwork, ceramics, glass and animal bone. The majority of this material was 19/20th century in date though there were several sherds of late medieval/early post-medieval green glazed pottery recovered. These features appeared to represent the remains of agricultural buildings, probably associated with the surviving farmhouse, however there was a strong possibility of earlier phases of activity being present either below and/or adjacent to the features revealed, possibly related to the earlier 17th century structure. [Au(abr)]