York Historic Environment Record

A major landscaping and gardening project by York Museums Trust (YMT) intends to reclaim unused land between the York Art Gallery and Kings' Manor area and develop the North-West corner of the precinct of St. Mary's Abbey as part of a wider scheme of landscaping developments within the environs of the Museum Gardens, York. In advance of the installation of a fibre optic cable across the line of the site, investigations to establish the nature and condition of deposits immediately below the ground surface of St. Mary's Abbey were required. An archaeological watching brief, undertaken by York Museums Trust from 30th-31st March 2015, recorded the three trenches excavated as part of this scheme of works. Ground penetrating works undertaken after the evaluation trenches encountered further in situ archaeological remains, recorded here. An excavation was carried out from 10th-15th April 2015 by York Museums Trust staff to investigate the nature of the remains