YORYM 1993.16 - ST ANDREWGATE, YORK

CERAMIC BUILDING MATERIALS ASSESSMENT

S Garside-Neville

This material has been recorded, and a small sample kept.

 

Roman material

Two fragments of Roman tile are present

Medieval material

The bulk of the material appears to be medieval.  Plain and peg roof tile are present, with a 14th century fabric occurring in some contexts.  There is one fragment of nib tile, in a new fabric.  There are a bricks that can be identified by their measurements as being medieval.  Two small, plain glazed floor tiles are present.   These are very worn, and abraded.

Post-medieval material

Post-medieval material consists of pantile, and a few bricks. Several new tile fabrics were noted, some of which may be of post medieval date.

Context   Form                                  Date


1000      Brick                                 ?

1002      Brick, Pantile, Nib, Floor, ?Plain    17th+

1004      Floor                                 14th+

1005      Plain                                 13th+

1007      Plain, Imbrex                         13th+

1008      Brick, Plain                          14th-15th

1010      Plain, Peg                            14th+

1011      Plain                                 13th+

1012      Peg, Plain                            13th+

1017      Plain, Peg                            13th+

1018      Plain, Peg, Brick                     14th+

1020      Peg, Plain                            13th+

1021      Plain                                 14th+

1036      Plain                                 13th+

2004      Plain                                 13th+

2005      Peg, Plain                            13th+

2007      Plain                                 14th+

3006      Peg                                   13th+

3008      Plain                                 13th+

3010      Brick, Plain                          14th-15th

4013      Brick, Plain                          14th-15th

4015      Plain                                 13th+

6006      Peg                                   13th+

6016      Plain                                 13th+

6019      Peg                                   13th+

7001      Brick                                 16th+

7002      Peg                                   13th+

7004      Plain                                 13th+

7006      Plain                                 13th+

7007      Plain                                 13th+

7008      Roman brick                           Roman

7010      Plain                                 13th

7013      Plain                                 13th+

7018      Plain                                 13th+

8002      Plain                                 13th+

8006      Pantile                               17th+

8009      Brick, Plain                          14th-15th

8011      Brick, Plain, Peg                     ?16th+

8012      Plain                                 13th+

8015      Plain, Peg                            14th+

9004      Pantile                               17th+

9005      Floor                                 14th-16th

9010      Brick                                 ?Med