EYO6140 - 147 Mount Vale

Type

WATCHING BRIEF

Location

Location 147 Mount Vale
Grid reference SE 5928 5075 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

York Archaeological Trust

Date

1999

Map

Description

A human burial was recorded during a watching brief under the garage at the rear of 147 Mount Vale. It had been heavily disturbed by digging a trench for a new water pipe. The bones lay at a depth c.0.85m bgl. No grave cut was perceived. The burial belongs to the same cemtery zone excavated at Trentholme Drive. Two inhumation burials were found in the front garden in 1967.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Serial: P Ottaway. 2011. The Archaeology of York 6/2 Archaeology in the Environs of Roman York. p327.
  • --- Unassigned: NMR. NMR data.
  • --- Unpublished document: YAT. 1999. 147 Mount Vale.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Trentholme Drive cemetery (Monument)

Record last edited

Aug 19 2020 4:24PM

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