York Historic Environment Record

NMR Information:

A possible prehistoric triple ditched boundary was seen as cropmarks on air photographs. The boundary is only visible as three ditches in one section, the other sections are double ditched. A single linear ditch (centred at SE 6567 5796) runs up to meet the boundary from the north-west. The main boundary is aligned roughly north-south and is visible (although with breaks along its length) for a distance of 730m. The boundary would originally have been much more substantial than the remains suggest as the ditches are now plough-levelled and there is no evidence of associated banks. The boundary runs from SE 6566 5839 in the north to SE 6570 5776 in the south. (1-2)

1 Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 58/2496 (F21) 0165-0166 07-JUL-1958
2 Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/LA/215 3238-3239 13-APR-1945

Related event: Vale of York project: started under the auspices of the RCHME and continued, after merger, under English
Heritage. It forms part of the National Mapping Programme (NMP) and was undertaken by the Aerial Survey
section in the York office. 1998-2000.