EYO5876 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE BRITISH SUGAR SITE, BOROUGHBRIDGE ROAD, YORK

Type

EVALUATION

Location

Location Boroughbridge Road former British Sugar site and the adjacent Manor School playing field
Grid reference Centred SE 5722 5309 (303m by 204m) (16 map features)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

York Archaeological Trust

Date

2014

Map

Description

The evaluation comprised the machine excavation of 15 trenches, which were located either to investigate anomalies seen on a geophysical survey of the site, to investigate the proposed line of a haul road (through the school playing field), or to sample ‘blank’ areas within the geophysical survey results.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: YAT. 2014. ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE BRITISH SUGAR SITE, BOROUGHBRIDGE ROAD, YORK.
  • --- Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (2)

  • British Sugar Geophysical Survey
  • British Sugar Factory Boroughbridge Road (Ref: OSA07DT01)

Record last edited

Jan 10 2020 9:10AM

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