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. The final phase of developments programmed for the installation of a shallow ramp between two areas of hard paths, across the width of the Abbey Church. In advance of these developments, 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 between 10th and 13th November 2015, recorded the trench excavated as part of this scheme of works. Parker A/2015/Data Structure Report (DSR) for an Archaeological Watching Brief: York Museum Gardens, St Mary's Abbey.