York Archaeology Online Collections

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• P1161 A614 Welham Bridge to Spaldington, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Between January and September 2004, York Archaeological Trust carried out an archaeological watching brief and two phases of excavation prior to the construction of the new road and bridge across the River Foulness at Welham Bridge (NGR SE 792 342). On the north side of the river close to the modern river bank the well preserved remains of trackway constructed of wattle hurdles and the remains of a log boat were excavated dating to c.7th century AD. On the south side of the river on a ridge of high ground a moated site with three phases of timber buildings within was excavated. The pottery from this site suggested a 13th 16th? century date. The moated sight had been heavily damaged by modern deep cross ploughing.
• P0693 Acomb Grange, Grange Lane
  The excavation of an electricity cable trench revealed limited evidence of medieval and post medieval activity. A possible ditch was tentatively interpreted as a part of the western side of the moat which surrounded the medieval grange.
• A0703 The Moat Hotel, Nunnery Lane
  Some of the backfill or silting in the moat of the City Defences was encountered in a contractor's trench.
• A0884 Rawcliffe Manor, Manor Lane, York
  "Two campaigns of work took place. The first showed that the moat enclosed at least two buildings, probably surrounded by a palisade. These two timber buildings were of 11th-12th century date. The second phase of work completed the detailed excavation of the manorial complex found on the eastern platform. The focus of this settlement was an aisled hall, probably constructed in the 13th century. Ancillary rooms appear to have been added in the 14th century and occupation ceased with the demolition of the buildings during the early 16th century. The large amounts of pottery and other artefacts, most notably the seal matrix of Thomas of Rawcliffe, indicate that this was a high-status residence. Both the moated site and the aisled hall complex appear to have been associated with drainage ditch systems to allow cultivation of the surrounding poorly drained clay farmland. An earlier field ditch system dating to the Romano-British or Iron Age period was also identified."
• A0776 Rawcliffe Manor site, Manor Lane, York
  An extensive series of evaluation trenches and an area strip were completed in advance of a large-scale housing development. Excavation elucidated the form and date of a series of medieval ditches identified by topographic and geophysical survey and located traces of a short-lived building on the moated platform. A series of pits and post-holes and an earlier, apparently circular, slot were also found. Further more extensive excavation defined probable pre-historic and Roman features cut into the natural sandy clay but truncated by medieval ploughing.