P5190 Bland's Farm, 37 Southfields Road, Strensall
Item
- Title
- P5190 Bland's Farm, 37 Southfields Road, Strensall
- Description
- In the course of this watching brief no buried structures or definite features were noted although the animal bone from Context 1012 may have been within a very shallow cut. Since the site was formerly a farm the presence of animal bone might be expected. A small part of one probable farm building (1017) was noted in one of the recorded sections and may have been part of a structure which was open to the east. The lack of any features of any great date need not be unexpected since the site does lie some distance south of the principal road through Strensall, where occupational activity would tend to be concentrated. It was clear from examination of the sections that some form of modern site clearance had removed all deposits down to natural clay in the western part of the site whereas in the eastern part there remained up to c.0.5m of dark build-up deposit (1001, 1002, 1005, and 1012). The few finds noted from this dark deposit all appeared to be recent in date and no finds pre-dating the 20th century were noted from the excavations. It is therefore felt that no archaeology of any significance was disturbed during the works although larger scale open stripping of a substantial area may reveal features of some archaeological interest.
- Type
- Watching Brief
- Date
- 6 January 2009 – 8 January 2009
- 24 March 2009 – 24 March 2009
- Creator
- York Archaeological Trust
- Contributor
- David Evans (Fieldwork)
- Huw Pritchard (Fieldwork)
- Spatial Coverage
- 37 Southfields Road, Strensall
- SE63346081
- Period
- Post-medieval
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