EYO5700 - VIKING HOTEL CAR PARK

Type

WATCHING BRIEF

Location

Location VIKING HOTEL
Grid reference
Map sheet
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

York Archaeological Trust

Date

1979

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Description

Post-medieval stratification to a depth of 2m BGL comprising of warehouse stone walls and wooden block floors beneath which was dumped material interpreted as medieval reclaimed riverside land. This sealed dumped organic deposits and alluvial sand. This stratification was observed in borehole cores to 20m +. Museum accession code: 1979.1017. Pile cores sampled for environmental evidence. York Archaeological Trust annual report /1978-1979/APPENDIX

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Excavation archive: YAT. 1991. YAT SMALL SITES ARCHIVE.
  • --- Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (2)

  • VIKING HOTEL CAR PARK: post-medieval (Ref: 1979.1017)
  • VIKING HOTEL CAR PARK (Ref: 1979.1017)

Record last edited

Sep 30 2021 8:52AM

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