ARCHAEOLOGISTS are starting to dig beneath the surface of York’s new community stadium site.

As the final training sessions take place at the Huntington Stadium, York Archaeological Trust is about to embark on an excavation to uncover secrets of Roman York.

The dig will be led by the Trust’s archaeologists, but largely undertaken by volunteers.

Work will initially focus on removing the surface in the next week.

Lead archaeologist Ian Milsted said: “This is a site that we know is of archaeological significance from aerial surveys and our own geophysical surveys of the ground. This is one of two sites identified which we believe were the site of either encampments or training schemes for soldiers.

“We excavated the first ten years ago, and now this development will give us chance to explore the second.”