14th July 2005, 03:44 PM
I have dug in York and have heard some terrible horror stories about work being done on the south side of the river with little or no archaeological conditions. Apparently there is some extremely deep Roman strat, in the river bank muds if I remember correctly. The digger who told me about it said there was intact glassware and surgical tools being dragged up by a pile-driving rig, heart-breaking stuff. It seems that areas of the city are being sadly neglected due to some archaeological post-code lottery. Great place to dig though.