Source/Archive record SYO2136 - Land off Tadcaster Road GP
Title | Land off Tadcaster Road GP |
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Author/Originator | Magnitude Surveys |
Date/Year | 2018 |
Abstract/Summary
Magnitude Surveys was commissioned to assess the subsurface archaeological potential of a c. 7.56ha
area of land off Tadcaster Road, north-east of Copmanthorpe, City of York. A fluxgate magnetometer
survey was successfully completed. The geophysical results primarily reflect medieval or postmedieval
agricultural activity and modern material extraction. A possible former field boundary,
recorded in historic mapping, has been identified, although this may have been re-used more recently
for drainage. Additionally, historic plough furrows have been identified in the south and west of the
site, the abrupt truncation of which almost certainly confirms the location of the southern edge of a
known ‘borrow pit’ used to extract material to embank the A64 and Tadcaster Road. Further evidence of this extraction activity has also been identified in the north of the site, likely representing either pit features or deposits of waste material. A single linear feature has also been identified, the origins of which are undetermined, though an archaeological origin cannot be ruled out. Apart from the former
ridge and furrow, no anomalies of probable or possible archaeological origin have been identified.
Referenced Monuments (1)
- MYO3292 Ridge and Furrow Copmanthorpe (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- EYO6472 Land off Tadcaster Road GP
Record last edited
Feb 11 2019 4:09PM