Construction of Madárhegyi Road and stormwater drainage, Phase II
Site ID: 66476
Keywords: Roman Age, stray finds, Middle Ages, settlement?, Modern Period, layer finds
The Budapest History Museum conducted archaeological monitoring between May 27, 2019 and May 20, 2020, within the administrative territory of the Municipality of Újbuda, District XI, Budapest, in connection with the development and reconstruction phases of the streets in the Madárhegy area.
During Phase II, humus-rich layers were observed above the yellow clay subsoil during earthworks related to the construction of the road and stormwater drainage system on the hillside. In the higher, northern area, the humus layer was not continuous. In Zsázsa Street, it gradually thinned and disappeared toward the north; however, near the southern part of house no. 3 (approximately 65 meters from the northern corner, on the section corresponding to plot no. 1715/7), during the removal of the roadbed, orange-burnt daub fragments were recovered from utility trench backfill. Further south, during house constructions at house numbers 5 and 8, located opposite each other, ditches, a pit, and a furnace were documented, which may have belonged to a medieval, farmstead-like unit. Therefore, the fragments unearthed during the road construction may be associated with an unknown, clay-plastered, burnt, and disturbed archaeological feature.
In the southern part of Zsázsa Street (70 meters from the southern corner, on plot no. 1708/6), during the formation of the roadbed in the eastern strip, a stray fragment of a modern plate and the rim of a Roman-period bowl were recovered from disturbed soil.
Contributors: Mónika Kurunczi (archaeologist)
Mónika Kurunczi