Summary of results

Modern Falsgrave showing the location of the excavation

The Scarborough suburb of Falsgrave was a settlement in its own right at the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086 when it was the most important village in the district. An excavation project to try and locate evidence of this settlement has been started. The garden at the rear of this property slopes down to valley road and it was discovered that a great thickness of soil had accumulated on the slope in the middle ages, possibly through the cultivation of the ground above. These layers contained fragments of medieval pottery as well as fragments of roof and floor tiles suggesting an important building stood in the vicinity in the middle ages.

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