YORYM 1995.434 - 9 ST SAVIOURGATE, YORK
Ceramic Building Materials
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Medieval material
consisted of plain roofing tile, including examples of near complete peg tiles. Context 107 has an example of a roofing tile
fabric that dates from the 14th century onwards, rather than the 13th. There were two ridge tile fragments, from
107 and 114, which by their fabric may actually =be from the early medieval curved and flanged roof tiling
system. However, the fragments are too
small to tell for certain, and there are no identifiable fragments of flanged
tile in the
sample. There are good examples of typical medieval
brick occurring throughout the sample. These
have a very narrow thickness, under 40mm, often have indented borders, and very
heavy sanding on the edges and bottom surface.
There is a
fragment of sandstone from 107 which has clearly been used in a building of
some kind as it is mortared. So is has
the fragment of burnt limestone from 110.
The piece of limestone, 16mm thick from 114 may be part of a stone
roofing tile (or thakstone). The
fragment of slate from 203 could be post medieval.
103 Plain 13th+
105 Plain, Brick 14-15th
106 Plain 13th+
107 Plain, Ridge, Sandstone, Peg 14th+
110 Peg, Brick, Plain 13th+
111 Peg, Brick 14-15th
112 Plain, Peg 13th+
113 Plain, Brick 14-15th
114 Plain, Ridge, ?Limestone roofing 13th+
115 Plain, Peg 13th+
203 Slate, Plain ?Post med
204 Plain 13th+
205 Plain, Brick 14-15th
207 Plain, Brick 14th+
209 Plain 13th+
210 Plain, Peg, Limestone, Brick 14-15th
S Garside-Neville
Brick and Tile Services
August 1995