Sklypas Gimnazijos gatvėje 2–4

LTTyrinėtas sklypas yra Kauno senamiesčio R dalyje, 36 kvartalo ŠV kampe. Iš Š kvartalą riboja Šv. Gertrūdos, iš PR – Vilniaus ir iš V – Gimnazijos gatvės. Tai Kauno senamiesčio R priemiestis. Šiame sklype kieme planuojama statyti 650 m2 ploto požeminį garažą. Ši senamiesčio teritorija nuo dabartinės J. Jablonskio gatvės iki liuteronų kapinių, buvusių 35 kvartale už Vilniaus gatvės, priklausė dominikonams, čia buvo vienuolyno daržai (Kauno paminklų restauravimo projektavimo instituto archyvas, K–1524, t. 4, p. 5). Iki XIX a. čia stovėjo tik dominikonų vienuolynas ir bažnyčia. Tyrinėtame sklype mūriniai ir mediniai pastatai pradėti statyti tik XIX a. viduryje. [...] [p. 312].

ENThe excavation (642 m2 in 6 various-sized trenches) on the plot at Gimnazijos St. 2/4, Šv. Gertrūdos St. 17 revealed a 2–4.1 m thick bed of cultural layers, the greater part of which consisted of deposits and layers of water-washed grey soil, sand, and more rarely silt. The original ground’s surface consisted of sand, oxidised sandy loam, and fine gravel at the Habs 24.75–26.40 m level. The thickest, up to 4.1 m thick, cultural layer was discovered in the N part of the investigated plot, cultural layers up to 2 m thick being found in the S part. The archaeological finds consisted of sherds of various-purpose 15th–17th-century household pottery, stove tile fragments, metal artefact fragments, lead musket balls, and silver and copper 16th–17th-century coins. The 1920s items found discarded inside a building should be mentioned as a separate find complex and include sherds of porcelain, faience, and earthenware household pottery, electric bulbs, broken toys, metal soap dishes, 1925 20-cent coins, and 1923–1927 Virbalis customs seals. The investigation yielded the remains of 5 structures: 3 in the S part of the courtyard; the E side of a cellar in the N part, 2 foundations continuing to the E on the E side of the aforementioned cellar, and the remains of a vanished 19th-century wooden structure in the central part of the courtyard. All of the discovered structures date to the middle – second half of the 19th century, the area’s development and the date of their construction having been determined in the course of the historical investigation.