EYO7238 - YORK STATION

Type

WATCHING BRIEF

Location

Location YORK STATION
Grid reference SE 5953 5173 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1968

Map

Description

The Yorkshire archaeological journal XLII/1969/248 Location uncertain - platform 15 no longer in use (2023) Info from Journal: Station. SE.596517. Twenty yards south-west of the buffet on Platform 15, parts of three skeletons were discovered in sewer excavations. A bone pin accompanied one skull. The bodies at c. 1 8 ft. down appear to be buried in marshy ground beneath a layer of peaty soil, and covered by c. 15 ft. of made ground.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Jan 11 2024 1:27PM

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