York Historic Environment Record

An archaeological watching brief was carried out on land adjacent to 40 Saint Paul’s Square, York (SE 5903 5132); AA11WB01, to fulfil a condition attached to planning application (10/02593/FUL) for the construction of a detached dwelling and parking spaces. Ground reduction and foundation trenching for the construction of a detached dwelling was monitored over six visits between 23rd August and 2nd September 2011. A deep sequence of colluvial hillwash and make-up deposits, sealed by modern garden soil was recorded. The geological sand and gravel was seen in the deepest of the foundations, where it was cut by large ill-defined features; possibly representing quarrying activity of unknown date. Finds dating to the Roman and medieval periods were recovered from the overburden during the archaeological work. NMR Information: Monitoring of development groundworks recorded quarrying of uncertain date and residual finds of Roman and medieval date. Information from OASIS Online Form.