EYO6138 - The Mount School

Type

EXCAVATION

Location

Location The Mount School
Grid reference SE 5914 5106 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

York Archaeological Trust

Date

1980

Map

Description

Re-excavation of stone coffin by school archaeologial society supervised by YAT found in 1932. Coffin aligned N-S with the head of skeleton at north end. The coffin was of millstone grit. NMR has excavation here as 1980.1034 and 1981.1034 NMR sources: Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies inc. consolidated index for volumes 1-25 (1970-1994) Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies XII/1981/329 The Yorkshire archaeological journal Continuation of: Yorkshire archaeological and topographical journal 53/1981/138 York Archaeological Trust annual report 1980-1981/APPENDIX 1 Yorkshire Philosophical Society : annual reports 1980/33

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Serial: P Ottaway. 2011. The Archaeology of York 6/2 Archaeology in the Environs of Roman York. p319.
  • --- Unassigned: NMR. NMR data.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Holgate Road Roman Cemetery, dispersed burials (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 11 2020 11:58AM

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