York Archaeology unpublished report series

Observations of a trial trench required for engineering purposes were made to allow a scheme of archaeological work to be drawn up. This was positioned close to the supposed line of the medieval town dyke. No evidence of archaeological activity on the site was seen below the top 0.20m of modern surface material. [Au(abr)]

A watching brief was undertaken during excavation works for an extension to the property. The site lay within Cawood, where few archaeological investigations had been undertaken and therefore had a relatively unknown archaeological potential. No dating evidence for activity before the 19th century was recovered. [AIP]

A topographic survey and excavation was undertaken on an area of land within Catterick, Roman Cataractonium, an area of known archaeological potential. The majority of features observed in the topographical survey appeared to relate to the farming of the area in the medieval and post-medieval periods, including vestiges of medieval ridge and furrow ploughing. The excavations provided a small amount of evidence for Roman activity, which was characterised by large unabraded pottery sherds and large pieces of animal bone, typical of domestic rubbish dumping. No evidence of Roman structures or of building structures was found. [Au(abr)]