Monument record MYO3574 - Rectilinear Enclosure Hessay

Summary

Potential ditched boundaries with attached rectilinear enclosures, seen as cropmarks on air photographs; these features are of uncertain date.

Location

Grid reference Centred SE 5197 5307 (424m by 448m) (12 map features)
Map sheet SE55SW
Civil Parish Hessay, City of York, North Yorkshire
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NRHE information:
A potential ditch-defined boundary, approximately 200m in length,
and a rectilinear enclosure, 20m by 20m, attached on the east were
seen as cropmarks on air photographs centred at SE 5209 5301. Short
lengths of ditch lie perpendicular to the boundary to either side.
Other perpendicular ditches, approximately 300m to the north west
may form another potential rectilinear enclosure of similar
dimensions, centred at SE 5181 5323; these features are of uncertain
date (1-2).

1 Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SE 5253/4 (12779/08) 16-AUG-1995
2 Oblique aerial photograph reference number YAT PVA 7/5(1) 33 XX-XXX-1977

Related Archive - AF1196903 RCHME: Vale of York NMP, SE 55 SW

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

May 13 2019 9:46AM

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