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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."
A0613 Foss Islands Road / Lawrence Street
".. revealed new information on the eastern suburbs of York. Two phases of Roman activity included two large pits dug to extract the natural clay. These and the presence of 12 wasters of 2nd or 3rd C grey ware suggest that pottery manufacture was taking place nearby in the Roman period. No Anglian activity was found but a series of rubbish pits (including one with a wattle lining), west of a palisade trench, dated to the 10yh-11th C. A little later in the 11th-12th C, two post-built structures were erected, separated by a fence. All the occupation levels from these buildings had been destroyed by the ploughing which had taken place on site until the 19th C"
A0781 York Castle Car Park
"A series of trenches demonstrated the substantial disturbance of the area by foundations and basements for both the 1939 Civic Centre and the 1826 prison. Islands of archaeological survival were identified which suggested that the remains of the castle and earlier deposits are present. The earliest activity identified on the site was three pits cutting natural which dated to the Anglo-Scandinavian period. No other associated deposits were located. Deposits which were interpreted as part of the bailey bank of the castle, and a post-hole which may have held a timber upright associated with the palisade, were the only elements of the castle identified. A brick wall and brick terraces were thought to have been part of a feature of an ornamental garden and were dated to the 16th century. Parts of the Debtors' Prison, 1826, and the basement foundation for the Civic Centre, 1939, were the modern features on the site."