York Historic Environment Record

The site lies close to the line of Roman Road 10, approaching the city from the southwest. Whilst burials have been found along the line of this road these have all been located further to the north, with the closest concentration approximately 700m away from the site. Investigations in the immediate vicinity of the site have not revealed archaeological features, although occasional artefacts dating from the Roman period have been recovered. Investigations in the wider area have encountered the remains of Roman, and possibly late prehistoric, field systems and it seems most likely that if archaeological remains are present on the site then they would be limited to similar field systems. The agricultural landuse of the site is much more easily confirmed for the medieval period, due to the presence of ridge and furrow earthworks. The surviving earthworks form a relatively small area of what would have been a much more extensive medieval field system. Aerial photographs dating from the first half of the 20th century, (pre-dating the majority of development in this area) indicate that such field systems were widespread. Much of the former ridge and furrow in the surrounding area has now been built upon, or truncated by more recent agricultural practices.