Monument record MYO3475 - Field System south of Elvington Airfield

Summary

An extensive Iron Age/Roman rectilinear field system is visible as cropmarks on air photographs. It comprises NW-SE parallel ditches, varying between 30 to 60 metres apart, with a few ditches perpendicular to them. Its form is similar to field systems lying to the east (recorded in SE 64 NE 1 and 5) and it may be part of the same field system.

Location

Grid reference Centred SE 6457 4658 (895m by 1338m) (73 map features)
Map sheet SE64NW
Civil Parish Heslington, City of York, North Yorkshire
Civil Parish Wheldrake, City of York, North Yorkshire
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

The cropmarks of an extensive site comprising a field system of rectilinear enclosures, associated round houses, are visible to the west and south of Wheldrake Wood, centred at SE 6505 4635. The field system is largely rectilinear in nature and there are many double-ditched elements, although whether these relate to enclosures or trackways is not entirely clear. Probable Iron Age/Roman date.

An extensive Iron Age/Roman field system is visible as cropmarks on air photographs. It comprises rectilinear enclosures with associated round houses and trackways. A possible Iron Age square barrow was also identified. The cropmarks are visible to the west and south of Wheldrake Wood.

The above enclosure complex was transcribed at a scale of 1:10,000 as part of the Vale of York Project. The field system is quite extensive, extending north to south for 1.2 km and west to east for 1.1 km. A possible Iron Age square barrow was identified at SE 6501 4608. A large D-shaped enclosure (130m x 130m) was also identified, centred at SE 6543 4596. It appears to be a different phase from the field system, but the relationship between the two is uncertain. A further enclosure complex lies to the north-east (recorded in SE 64 NE 5), north of Wheldrake Wood, and to the
west (recorded in SE 64 NW 14) which is probably part of the same field system. Additional rectilinear enclosures and field boundaries in the western part of this complex are visible as
cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in July 2002.

NMR Information:

No further information provided.
Summary sources:
1 Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SE 6446/2/46 (3119/46) 25-JUL-1986
2 Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SE 6447/2 (12771/24) 18-AUG-1995

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Record last edited

Jul 29 2019 11:28AM

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