Lębork (Rynek), woj. pomorskie. Badania w roku 2011

Abstrakt

Archaeological examinations of the former Market square of the location town in Lębork were the first reconnaissance stage of works, aimed at identifying cultural layers and localising remains of the Gothic Town hall (Figs. 1, 2). six trenches were marked out and an undisturbed arrangement of cultural layers was found in them. Its thickness reached ca. 2 m. Modern Period and present-day layers were solely composed of sterile levelling sands. More important discoveries related to this period includea wooden well from the 16th and the 17th c., which was located at the mouth of staromiejska street. Late medieval layers were composed of dark grey thin films of sand with organic waste, which were remains of usage of the square. Portable finds which were extracted from them come from the second half of the 14th and the first half of the 15th c., that is, from the initial period of thetown’s history. In thethen surface of the Market square remains of wooden constructions were also discovered. These were dendrochronologically dated to the 1340s and the 1350s (Figs. 1, 3). Their arrangement and way of constructing allow to assume that they were only punctual paddings of the surface of the square with planks, bark and twigs. In all probability, they were not large-scale constructions. These discoveries may also be evidence of use of the Market square as a base for buildings which were constructed in plots.