EYO5012 - Excavation behind Gray's Court

Type

EXCAVATION

Location

Location
Grid reference Centred SE 6047 5230 (10m by 13m)
Map sheet SE65SW
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1927

Map

Description

EXCAVATION Behind Gray's Court immediately SE of the NE gate. Excavated in 1927 by SN Miller. "The Roman wall was found immediately below the bedding of the medieval city wall, but only the foundation and two courses of the inner face in dressed stone stone survived. The foundation was of concrete set in a trench and had an inward projection of 1ft. The wall was the Severan wall and in the nature of the case there was no evidence that a 4th-century wall had ever replaced it. Remains of the clay bank existed below foundation level."

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCHME. 1962. Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume 1 Eboracum. 1. p33.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Jun 16 2020 2:22PM

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