Construction of a kindergarten and service facilities
Site ID: 69999
Keywords: Roman Age, stray finds, Middle Ages, stray finds, Modern Period, layer finds
Archaeological observation was carried out between November 11, 2019, and February 6, 2020, at 8 Felhő Street, District XII of Budapest, in connection with the construction of a kindergarten complex consisting of five newly erected units.
Following the demolition of the previous building on the plot, in the eastern part, beneath the concrete pavement, a humus layer was visible between 30 and 90/100 cm, with yellow clayey subsoil underneath, as observed in the section wall.
For the kindergarten structures, foundation trenching and strip footing excavations were conducted. In the western part, down to a depth of –50 cm, mixed humus-rich, reddish-yellow clayey soil appeared, interspersed with black, burnt fill. At the strip footing depth of –90/100 cm (measured from the current surface), ochre-colored clayey subsoil was reached. In this area, a fragment of a modern ceramic vessel and a piece of animal bone were found.
Moving eastward, in the area of the central footings, mixed humus-rich, gravelly, clayey fill layers were observed above the ochre-colored clay subsoil. Intact humus layers were mostly absent in the western and central parts, and even in the east, the soil was heavily disturbed with modern and post-medieval ceramic fragments. In the semi-circular building arrangement, the central unit (no. 3) yielded a faint red-burnt ceramic sherd, probably from the Roman period, while in the northeast (unit 5), a decorated 15th-century maiolica cup fragment was recovered. During the construction of the connecting section in the northwest, a 50 cm thick humus-rich top layer mixed with rubble, modern brick, and recent debris was found, which thickened towards the south. Beneath this, yellow clay was present.
Contributors: Mónika Kurunczi (archaeologist)
Mónika Kurunczi