BeforeEoforwic: New Light on York in the 6th–7th Centuries

Review of periodical literature published in 2008

“…Their distribution shows an eastern regional bias that warrants more consideration, as it cannot be the result of uneven use of metal detectors. Spall and Stoop report important excavations at Heslington Hill, within the campus of the University of York, which throw new light on the post‐Roman history of the city of York. A newly found early Anglo‐Saxon settlement, dating from the mid‐sixth to the mid‐seventh century, appears to fill the gap between the Roman city, largely deserted in this period, and the trading site at Fishergate, occupied from the late seventh century.…”