EYO4208 - Sr. Mary's-Bootham Terrace Roman Cemetery

Type

WATCHING BRIEF

Location

Location N.W. of St. Mary's
Grid reference Centred SE 59796 52429 (16m by 21m)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Coffins, two, of stone, marked on the O.s.I/500 map as 'stone cists' (N.G. 59805239, 59785242) were found in 1885 N.W. of St. Mary's and near the railway respectively; one is presumably the ;erge Roman coffin now in the garden of St. Mary's Hotel.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCHME. 1962. Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume 1 Eboracum. 1. 72-73.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • St Marys Bootham Terrace inhumation cemetery (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 16 2012 3:29PM

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