Monument record MYO5232 - Air Raid Shelter, City Wall Rampart, Station Rise
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SE 5974 5171 (17m by 17m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SE55SE |
| Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Full Description
There is a short account of the excavations in 1939 for the air raid shelter near the present West Offices (an area then known as Old Station Yard) in Royal Commission on Historical Monuments The City of York Vol 1 Eburacum Roman York (1962),p51, Fig.39 (section showing position of shelter within the ramparts and access tunnel for telephone links) and a plan showing the limit of the excavations for the shelter as Fig.46 on p.56. Professor Sir Ian Richmond (then in 1939 a young archaeologist on a visit to York) had inspected the tunnel and the structures, evidently the Roman City Wall, found within it - but was only allowed a few minutes to observe and record. (Peter Addyman Pers Comm 2021).
ARP Emergency Committee, 1940, Civil Defence Handbook, A guide to householders (Booklet). SYO2664.
RCHME, 1962, Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume 1 Eboracum (Bibliographic reference). SYO62.
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Protected Status/Designation
- Area of Archaeological Importance: Central
- Conservation Area Conservation Area 1: Central Historic Core Conservation Area
- Scheduled Monument 1004910: City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
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Record last edited
Jul 1 2021 8:31AM