York Historic Environment Record

Management and alteration of the natural springs. Field 9: Concentration of waterholes in Trench 2- represented by several pits & pit features. Isolated waterholes within Field 8- represented by several pits & pit features. The level of water management is illustrated by the use of hollowed out log cylinders, which were presumably used to delay the collapse of the natural sand edges of the waterholes, but may also have allowed a degree of separation of “clean” areas of water.