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Monument Number 62071
Hob Uid: 62071
Location : North Yorkshire Ryedale Wharram
Grid Ref : SE8570064590
Summary : Cropmark of a rectangular enclosure some 60m square; no visible remains. Excavation as part of the Wharram Percy Research Project uncovered 1st century ditch which was filled in for 2nd century buildings; 4th century pottery also present. Possibly an Iron Age/Romano-British farmstead. Scheduled.
More information : An Iron Age/Romano British farmstead, visible as a rectangular enclosure on air photographs (at SE 85686460). A section was dug across its western ditch at a point where the sunken road from Wharram Percy (SE 86 SE 4) makes a sharp turn north. A 1st Century ditch, 3.0m wide and 2.0m deep, was found part filled with compacted chalk for foundations of later (possibly 2nd Cent) buildings or roads. Finds incuded two sherds of colour coated ware and a typical 4th Cent strongly everted cooking pot rim. (1-2) No visible remains, site under plough. (3) (SE 8570 6459 FCE) As described, although NGR slightly amended (4)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : (J G Hurst)
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Vol(s) : 19, 1971

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Source details : St Joseph BS 39
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 BHP 20-DEC-74
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Enclosure, Farmstead
Evidence : Cropmark, Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Roman
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Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Enclosure, Farmstead
Evidence : Cropmark, Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 13302
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 86 SE 11
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-12-20
End Date : 1974-12-20

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 62071