YORYM 1992.8 – GILLYGATE, YORK

Ceramic Building Materials

S Garside-Neville

Roman material

Roman material consisted of brick (used for various purposes), and tegula (roof tile).

Medieval material

There were many fragments of peg tile (Medieval roof tile). Context 1004 yielded a very long brick, at least 280mm, which may be Medieval in date.

Post medieval material

Most of the brick samples from this site could be dated to the 17th century or later. Pantile (17th century onwards) was present in the uppermost layers of the trench.

Context Form Date

1003 Brick 19th+

1004 Brick ??15th

1005 Pantile 17th+

1008 Brick 17th+

1011 Peg tile 13th+

1013 Brick 17th+

1014 Brick 17th+

1015 Peg tile, reused 13th+

1016 Brick, Peg tile ?17th+

1017 Brick ?17th+

1019 Pantile, Peg tile, Tegula, Roman Brick 17th+

1021 ?Brick ?

1032 Peg tile, ?Roman brick 13th+

1035 Peg tile 13th+

1037 Peg tile, Roman brick 13th+

1041 Roman brick Roman

1053 Roman brick, Tegula Roman

1055 Peg tile 13th+

1061 Roman brick, Tegula Roman

1066 Roman brick Roman

1077 Roman brick, Tegula Roman

1081 Roman brick Roman

1084 Tegula (burnt) Roman

1085 Roman brick Roman

1086 Tegula Roman

1091 Roman brick, Tegula Roman