YORYM 1992.9 - TOWER 9, York

CERAMIC BUILDING MATERIALS ASSESSMENT REPORT

S Garside-Neville

ROMAN

Roman material comprised the bulk of this sample. Roman forms included tegula and imbrex (roof tile), brick (used for a number of building purposes), and box flue (used in the hypocaust heating system). Much of this material was abraded or had traces of mortar on all surfaces, including broken edges which probably indicates reuse. There were also samples of mortar and Opus Signinum.

MEDIEVAL

There were very few examples of Medieval material in this sample. [2008] yielded a piece of Peg tile. [2017] also probably had a fragment of Peg tile.

POST MEDIEVAL MATERIAL

This comprised a fragment of Slate from [1005]

Context Form Date

1005 Roof Slate Post Med

1017 Tegula, Imbrex, Brick, ??Water Pipe Roman

1042 Imbrex Roman

2001 Tegula Roman

2004 Imbrex, Misc Roman

2008 Tegula, Brick, Imbrex, Peg 13th+

2010 ?Brick, Tegula, Imbrex Roman

2013 Tegula Roman

2016 Tegula, Brick, Opus Signinum Roman

2017 Misc, Opus Signinum, ?Peg ?13th+

2019 Brick Roman

2033 Tegula, Mortar Roman

2034 Brick, Imbrex Roman

2036 Tegula Roman

2038 Misc Roman

2039 Tegula, Misc, Brick Roman

2041 Tegula Roman

2043 Tegula, Box Flue Roman

2046 Tegula Roman

2047 Tegula, Box Flue Roman

2049 Brick Roman

2052 Tegula, Brick Roman

2054 Opus Signinum Roman

2055 Tegula Roman