Canti, M., Campbell, G. E., Mays, S., Paynter, S., Worley, F. and Forward, A. (2016). Clifford's Tower, York Report on Cores through the mound, 2015. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1040955. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Clifford's Tower, York Report on Cores through the mound, 2015
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Series:		 Historic England Research Reports
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1040955
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Seven cores through the earth mound under Clifford's Tower, York were commissioned by Ramboll in 2015 as part of a geotechnical study of the mound's properties in advance of construction work. This report contains descriptions and images of the cores, which represent the only reliable information on the stratigraphy of the mound's full depth. Finds of human and animal bones, as well as plant remains were found in a number of cores. Sediment sampling from the basal parts of the cores was therefore carried out to help understand the make-up, retrieve further datable material and try to establish whether the construction might have made use of an existing prehistoric mound. Many of the plant remains recovered from these samples were post-Roman or medieval in character. All samples also contained ceramic building material, suggesting a Roman and/or later dates. The mound of Clifford's Tower appears, therefore, not to have augmented an earlier mound, but instead was constructed directly on top of part of the Roman cemetery, recorded within the Castle Yard. It appears that base of the mound was made by simply excavating and piling up the local topsoil, subsoil and sediments and their contents, with little regard for the Roman burial ground.
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Author:		 M Canti
Gregory E Campbell
S Mays
S Paynter
Fay Worley ORCID icon
Alice Forward ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Historic England
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Clifford's Tower Mound
Parish: YORK
District: York
County: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 460463, 451467 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MOTTE (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: englishh2-269261
OBIB: 40/2016
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Note:		 A4 bound report of 52pp.
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017