WORK at the University of York's new campus at Heslington East has revealed remains from the Iron Age.
Current excavation work has resulted in the remarkable discovery of an Iron Age waterhole with preserved wickerwork lining, containing a range of wood fragments indicative of the landscape of the time.
Now members of the university's Department of Archaeology are planning how best to investigate the discoveries - which include a prestigious Roman building, previously unknown and probably dating from the third or fourth century AD.
Ancient agriculture, prehistoric roundhouses and the remains of a Roman masonry building are just some of the archaeological treasures waiting to be uncovered on the edge of the University of York's expanded campus.
A survey by members of the York Archaeological Trust, in 2003, uncovered traces of at least 2,000 years of human settlement, close to the site of the University's campus extension to the east of Heslington village.
The university plans to open the site to local archaeological community groups as well as allowing students access to the live dig.
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