A0359 Museum Gardens (Flood Defences)

Title: A0359 Museum Gardens (Flood Defences)
Alternative Title: 1985.10 Museum Gardens (Flood Defences)
Description: The first trench uncovered the remains of a 19th century open air swimming bath. Subsequent activities of workmen resulted in the collapse of part of the inner face of the Abbey's precinct wall, which showed evidence of robbing post dating the Dissolution of the Abbey in 1539.

Further trenches were dug between the Hospitium and the river. These recover stretches of the Abbey precinct wall and structural remains which were interpreted as the vestiges of kitchens and other offices of the Abbey, mentioned by Drake.
Type: Excavation
Date: 1985 – 1985
Creator: York Archaeological Trust
Contributor: N Oakey (excavator)
Spatial Coverage: Yorkshire Museum Gardens, York; SE59765203
Monument Type: Monument Type - Benedictine Abbey; Monument Type - Precinct Wall; Monument Type - Hospital; Monument Type - River Wall; Monument Type - Swimming Bath
Period: Medieval; Post-Medieval; Modern
Relation: EYO4916 - St. Mary's Abbey flood defences - York Historic Environment Record

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