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Monument Number 79797
Hob Uid: 79797
Location : North Yorkshire Ryedale Willerby
Grid Ref : TA0245079410
Summary : A possible Romano-British double ditched enclosed settlement, dated to the late 1st-early 2nd century AD. The site may have been reoccupied in the 6th century AD by the Anglo-Saxons.
More information : Roman Occupation Site which is being excavated by Mr.T. Brewster of Flixton. Finds include two hut floors, a coin of Vespasian, three fibulae, an iron Spear-head, and pottery. [area centred: TA 02467938] (1) Finds in Hull Mus., Scarb. Mus., or with T. Brewster. (2) Staxton Romano-British site, 1st and 2nd centuries to 5th & Anglian Excavated 1947-1948. Circular outer ditch, cut c.80 A.D. enclosed rectangular ditch, guarding huts. Report to be published by July 1955. (3) TA 0245 7941. Anglo-Saxon hut floors at Spital House Site, Staxton. [Shown as 'Village - arch. evidence on D.A. map. (4) Excavation of a settlement consisting of hut circles enclosed by two ditches; the site was apparently occupied in the late 1st-early 2nd centuries AD. There was probably Anglo-Saxon occupation within the outer ditch on the eastern side of the site in the 6th century AD, though this area was destroyed in WWII. (5)

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Source details : Corr. 6" and card (N. Mitchelson)
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Source details : Ref to Scarborough "Evening News" 25th June 1947
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Source details : Corr 6" (J.G. Rutter 1953)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Corr. 6" and Notes (T.C.M. Brewster 3.1.1954)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : C.W. Phillips Dark Age Index
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : Inf T.C.M. Brewster
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Article by T.C.M. Brewster.
Page(s) : 193-223
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Vol(s) : 39, 1957

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Late C1 to early C2
Monument End Date : 132
Monument Start Date : 67
Monument Type : Enclosed Settlement, Hut Circle
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Reoccupied C6
Monument End Date : 599
Monument Start Date : 500
Monument Type : Settlement
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Settlement
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 07 NW 37
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1947-01-01
End Date : 1954-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 79797