York Historic Environment Record

The results display a high level of agreement with existing plans of the western claustral buildings, such as that provided by Wilson & Mee (2009: fig. 124), and confirm the subsurface location of a range of probable masonry structures and features. In particular, the presence of structures identified by Wilson & Mee as the ‘Cellarer’s Store’, ‘Herb Garden’, ‘Common Hall/Refectory’, ‘Kitchen’ and ‘Prior’s Hall’ has been confirmed. In addition, the survey has highlighted the possibility of the existence of further, previously unknown, structural remains, namely those located in the southwest of the survey area. However, given the great depth of archaeological remains on this site (as apparent from both the geophysical data and known archaeological evidence), it is probable that pre-abbey occupation layers continue beyond the effective depth of investigation of the groundpenetrating radar employed in this survey.