EYO2758 -

Type

DEPOSIT MODEL

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Location

Location
Grid reference SE 6066 5153 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

CONSTRUCTION WORK Found in 1938, height unrecorded. Possible wharf platform RCHME- Wharf, columns only, was excavated in 1938 on the site for the Employment Exchange in Piccadilly (N.G. 60685154). In Roman times the Foss river ran by the site, now it is 100 yds. away to the W. See introductory note to Monument (52). The remains consisted of two rows of rough stone columns 3 ft. high and 1 ft. to 1½ ft. square, which were clearly meant to support a platform (JRS, XXIX (1939), 204).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Article in Journal: 1939. JRS. 29. 204.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCHME. 1962. Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume 1 Eboracum. 1. 65.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman Structure (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 14 2022 10:57AM

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