York Historic Environment Record

Six evaluation trenches in the north-east portion of the car park. The earliest activity on the site was three Anglo-Scandinavian pits cut into natural. Deposits which were interpreted as part of the bailey bank of the castle, and a post-hole which may have held a timber upright assocaited with the palisade, were the only elements of the castle identified. A brick wall and brick terraces were thought to have been part of a 16th century ornamental garden feature. Part of the Felons Prison of 1826 and the basement foundation of the 1939 civic centre were present. YORAT and YORYM code 1992.5RCHME microfilm PRN: 4458.