The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Volumes 43-44Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1971 A review of history, antiquities and topography in the county. |
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Page 21
... Limestone hills which form the eastern margin of the Pennines has still to be determined . The combination of a well - drained limestone soil with connections by land routes , and the Yorkshire river system must have attracted ...
... Limestone hills which form the eastern margin of the Pennines has still to be determined . The combination of a well - drained limestone soil with connections by land routes , and the Yorkshire river system must have attracted ...
Page 61
... limestone as the only material used in the construction of the tower is , in York terms , unique . Although the Magnesian Limestone from the Tadcaster area was normally used in Roman times , it was thought2 that the quarries were not in ...
... limestone as the only material used in the construction of the tower is , in York terms , unique . Although the Magnesian Limestone from the Tadcaster area was normally used in Roman times , it was thought2 that the quarries were not in ...
Page 93
... limestone . 2. Trench 1 , Layer 4. Lying on top of the cobbled floor which was of ? fourteenth - century date . Fine grained dolomitic limestone . Magnesian limestone . Mr. G. C. Dunning adds this note1 : — Fragment of stone mortar , 12 ...
... limestone . 2. Trench 1 , Layer 4. Lying on top of the cobbled floor which was of ? fourteenth - century date . Fine grained dolomitic limestone . Magnesian limestone . Mr. G. C. Dunning adds this note1 : — Fragment of stone mortar , 12 ...
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EXCAVATIONS AT THE SOUTH GATE | 39 |
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Abbey acre Aldborough Archaeological barrow Beaker bones bowl bressumer Bronze brown building burgage burial carucates centre chalk chantry church clay cobbles construction débris decoration diameter ditch draining edge evidence excavation fabric flint floor foot foundation fourteenth century fragments grave grey grit groundsel hearth holes Ibid income Iron Age John de Meaux kiln land later Layer limestone Lowthorpe Malton manor Meaux medieval mortar mould mound Museum Neolithic northeast northern obedientiary parish Petergate Pickering Pickering Lythe pieces PLATE post-Roman pottery probably rampart recorded Richmond Roman wall Romano-British rubble Rudston Ryedale sandstone Selby Selby Abbey sherds side similar Society soil Staxton Staxton ware stone suggests surface survived thick Thomas tiles timber tower Trench 3A turnshoe turnshoe sole upper Vale Vale of Pickering Wallfall Weaverthorpe York Yorkshire