A0286 St Saviourgate, Bleasdale's Yard

Title: A0286 St Saviourgate, Bleasdale's Yard
Alternative Title: 1983.44 St Saviourgate, Bleasdale's Yard
Description: "Homogeneous deposits of increasingly good organic preservation were encountered to a depth of 4m below ground surface where natural deposits were found. The only medieval structural feature found was a clay and cobble foundation with timber piles. The evidence suggested that the area was largely derelict throughout the medieval period. There was no evidence of a clay bank dating to the Anglo-Scandinavian period on the line which has been suggested for Viking Age city defences.

The rear wall and out-buildings of an 18th century house were located. A 19th century circular brick building with stone flagged floor supported on a series of dwarf walls, may have been associated with the complex of workshops and storehouses which were destroyed when Bleasedales pharmaceutical works burnt down in the mid 1960s."
Type: Excavation
Date: 1983 – 1983
Creator: York Archaeological Trust
Contributor: Colin Briden (excavator); N Oakey (excavator)
Spatial Coverage: 25 St Saviourgate, York; SE60605196
Monument Type: Monument Type - Building; Monument Type - Build-Up; Monument Type - Industrial Building
Period: Medieval; Post-Medieval; Modern
Relation: EYO4903 - Bleasedales, St. Saviourgate - York Historic Environment Record

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