Monument record MYO3608 - Settlement and Trackway Nether Poppleton

Summary

Aerial photographs record the cropmark enclosures of a possible settlement in fields flanking Ouse Moor Lane, Upper Poppleton. One enclosure is attached to a linear boundary or trackway, with evidence of several others, con-joined, immediately to the east. A double -ditched trackway runs tangential to the boundary, on an east-west alignment. The date of the features is uncertain, possibly Romano-British.

Location

Grid reference Centred SE 5502 5493 (776m by 684m)
Map sheet SE55SE
Civil Parish Nether Poppleton, City of York, North Yorkshire
Civil Parish Upper Poppleton, City of York, North Yorkshire
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

NMR Information:

Aerial photographs record the cropmark enclosures of a possible settlement in fields flanking Ouse Moor Lane Upper Poppleton. One enclosure is attached to a linear boundary or trackway, with evidence of several others, con-joined, immediately to the east. A double -ditched trackway runs tangential to the boundary, on an east-west alignment. The date of the features is uncertain, possibly Romano-British. (1-2)

(1) Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SE 5455/1 (4990/67) 19-JUL-1990
(2) Oblique aerial photograph reference number NMR SE 5555/1 (12021/03) 19-JUL-1990

Related object: AF1197974 RCHME: Vale of York NMP, SE 55 SE

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Record last edited

Jun 5 2019 2:23PM

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