York Historic Environment Record

Between 20th August and 7th September 2012 York Archaeological Trust carried out a programme of archaeological evaluation of 31 trenches, on land at Huntington South Moor, York, (NGR: SE 6256 5452). The evaluation work followed a ‘brief’, approved by the City of York Archaeologist and prepared by Ove Arup and Partners Ltd acting on behalf of Oakgate Properties Ltd. Of 31 archaeological evaluation trenches recently excavated at Monks Cross, eight revealed some traces of archaeological remains. These took the form of small ditches/gullys, a curvilinear gully together with a small number of pit and posthole-sized features. Only one of these features contained any dating evidence, a Bronze Age arrowhead from the fill of a ditch within Trench 22. Although effectively undated, the majority of these features may be of prehistoric origin, a suggestion that finds support within the analysis of environmental samples. The fairly low density of features broadly mirrors that of the prehistoric and undated features found in the large adjacent excavation in 2003.