Monument record MYO377 - RAWCLIFFE

Summary

Small moat, now dry and in pasture.

Location

Grid reference Centred SE 5804 5507 (49m by 50m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SE55NE
Civil Parish Rawcliffe, City of York, North Yorkshire
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

MOAT WAS FOUND TO HAVE HAD 2 BUILDING. ONE HAD COB WALLS AND WAS A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. THE OTHER SOUTHERN BUILDING WAS LESS SUBSTANTIAL AND WAS PROBABLY ANCILLARY BUILDING TO THE HALL TO THE NORTH POTTERY WAS 11TH TO 12TH CENTURY. THE MOAT WAS TIED INTO THE FIELD SYSTEM.
Excavated YAT1993

NMR Information:

[58035508] MOAT [LB] (1)
A small dry homestead moat situated on pasture land. No building
foundations are visible on the central platform. Resurveyed at 1/2500.No local information was found. (2)
Condition unchanged. (3)
The area now built upon by housing estate. Thesite is not recorded on current 1:10000 map. (4)

1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 25"
2 Field Investigators Comments F1 RL 14-AUG-65
3 Field Investigators Comments F2 ISS 03-JAN-75

Metadata: Insert 2000


Archaeology File (Unpublished document). SYO3.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Archaeology File.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Record last edited

Jun 11 2019 5:07PM

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