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Monument Number 29475
Hob Uid: 29475
Location : North Yorkshire Scarborough Newholm-cum-Dunsley
Grid Ref : NZ8582011080
Summary : Enclosure situated on the southeast side of Dunsley. It was originally interpreted as a possible Roman fort but excavations recovered Medieval pottery which are present in Whitby Museum. Field investigations in 1967 found no surveyable features as most of the feature had been affected by landscaping.
More information : [NZ 85821108] Earthwork [NR] (1) Embankment examined 1939. Several sherds of mediaeval pottery. Pieces of a jug of 13th-14th century date were found during previous excavation and these are now in Whitby Museum. Young's urns may have been mediaeval pot [?]. The late F Pyman residing at the Hall [Dunsley] said that "nothing Roman had been found at Dunsley". (2) The site falls in a landscaped garden and no resurveyable detail survives. (3) A supposed ancient camp situated on the SE side of Dunsley. (4) A fragmentary earthwork of small dimensions, formerly suggested as the site of a Roman fort (a) but the mound is probably of medieval date although no finds have been made on the site. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" Prov Edn 1927/1938
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Source details : Corr 6" (R H Hayes 1955)
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Source details : F1 DK 13-FEB-67
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Source details : Rev ONB 1911-27 44
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : C Hargrave, Schoolmaster, Dunsley
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Source Number : 5
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Vol(s) : 4, 1964

Source Number : 5a
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Source details : Young. 1817. History of Whitby, 707-8
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Enclosure, Fort
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Enclosure
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit

Components and Objects:

Period : Medieval
Component Monument Type : Enclosure
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 81 SE 25
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1967-02-13
End Date : 1967-02-13

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 29475