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A0740 Swinegate Sewer connection
A Roman wall was encountered at 2.70m below ground surface. A wooden coffin was observed and left in situ approximately 2.60m below the ground surface. Organic deposits of medieval date in which isolated timber piles and possible coffin plank fragments were also observed.
A0173 Old St Oswald, Fulford
A rectified photographic survey of the church was carried out and a minor excavation investigating earlier floor levels and a burial was conducted. A coffin lid, thought to be of Roman date, was encountered 0.50m below the ground surface. Excavations outside the church tower were conducted by P.A. Rahtz and Lorna Watts.