P5403 Flood Alleviation Scheme test pits, Parkgate, Pickering, North Yorkshire
Item
- Title
- P5403 Flood Alleviation Scheme test pits, Parkgate, Pickering, North Yorkshire
- Description
- A watching brief was observed during the excavation of 17 geo-technical test pits dug as part of a flood defence scheme. A series of glacial and alluvial deposits was observed, including preserved wood that may indicate the pressence of buried prehistoric surfaces at c.2.5-3.5m below ground level.
- Type
- Watching Brief
- Date
- July 12, 2010 – July 14, 2010
- Creator
- York Archaeological Trust
- Contributor
- Ian Milsted (Fieldwork)
- Spatial Coverage
- Flood Alleviation Scheme test pits, Parkgate, Pickering, North Yorkshire
- Monument Type
- Monument Type - Alluvial
- Period
- Prehistoric
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