More information : [TA 0810 1201] Yarborough Camp [OE] Roman Coins found [TI] (1)
A small, sub-rectangular earthwork of possibly Iron Age date, with single bank and ditch, standing directly on the line of a prehistoric track making for the Humber at South Ferriby. A Roman coin hoard found in it, is said a. to include coins of Licinius (AD 307-24) 2, and Romano-British potsherds and thumb scrapers are reported (3). The work is regular, averaging 4 ft to 6 ft in height, the corners high, and with what seems to be an original entrance near the middle of the south side. (2-3)
The description above is generally correct, but there is no ditch, and the only possible entrance is in the east side. There is no evidence of any recent destruction. The work is too strong for a pastoral enclosure and its siting and construction preclude a medieval date. It could be I.A. or, as suggested by the finds Roman, or even Dark Ages. No information was obtained regarding the finds.
Published survey (25" 1907) revised. (4)
A small collection of Roman coins, found about 1780 in Kirmington field near Yarborough Camp, was purchased in 1955 for the Soc. of Ants., Newcastle. The coins were of Constantinian and Valentinian types and the burial of the hoard can be assigned to the period shortly after 367-375. (5)
Some RB greyware sherds and a flint scraper were found in the interior of the camp in 1967 by C Long and L. Kristofferson. (6)
Neither C Long or L Kristofferson contacted and nothing of interest seen during investigation. (7) |