EYO40 - Holgate Cattle Dock

Type

EXCAVATION

Location

Location Holgate Cattle Dock
Grid reference SE 5918 5128 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Organisation

York Archaeological Trust

Date

Aug - 1992

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Description

Two trenches excavated 51m and 27.2m in length respectively. Natural was encountered 1.9m bgl in trench 1 and c.2.4m bgl in trench 2. A minor Roman road/track was observed in trench 1 and a Roman pit in trench 2.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: YAT. 1992. Holgate Cattle Dock.
  • --- Serial: P Ottaway. 2011. The Archaeology of York 6/2 Archaeology in the Environs of Roman York. p328-330.

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Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (5)

  • 38 Piccadilly (Ref: 1992.4)
  • 50 Piccadilly (Ref: 1992/4)
  • The Rise, Heslington Rd
  • 2 St. Maurice’s Road (Ref: 1992.12)
  • Jewsons, 41 Piccadilly

Record last edited

May 14 2020 2:59PM

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