AF2: Limestone
York Archaeological Trust
Thirteen architectural fragments were recorded on the Hungate excavations, all of which were of limestone and all of which were of medieval date. The majority of the fragments almost certainly originated from the church of St John in the Marsh (AF 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8), and included a portions of jambs, bases, a chamfered block, a voussoir and part of a plinth. The architectural fragments located within trench 24 (AF 9, 10 and 13) may have originally been part of the fabric of the Carmelite friary. Two of these fragments were from a plinth, while the third was curvilinear tracery from a decorated gothic window. Architectural stone 4 from trench 11, was a medieval post-pad. The remaining fragment (AF11 from trench 8) was a tiny redeposited fragment, and could have originated from either St. Johns church or All Saints Haymarket church. Most of the fragments were not retained but were recorded and reburied in Trench 24.
Size 193 x 127 x 115mm
Limestone. Fragment, probably from a window jamb. Almost certainly from the parish church of St John in the Marsh originally. Slightly burnt. Length of stone indeterminate due to broken nature. One finely worked face surviving, with punched parallel tooling visible. Not retained, reburied on site.
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AF2: Limestone |
Size 207 x 201 x 145mm
Limestone. Fragment with chamfer on one face. Rows of parallel punched tooling visible on three faces. Almost certainly from the parish church of St John in the Marsh originally. Not retained, reburied on site.
Size 255 x 186 x 125mm
Limestone. Fragment of a base. Smooth exterior face, no visible tooling lines. Almost certainly from the parish church of St John in the Marsh originally.
Size 110 x 280 x 250mm
Limestone. Post-pad. Partly broken. Probably originally roughly rectangular. Shallow rectangular socket 190 x 160mm in size and 20mm deep on upper surface. No tooling marks visible.
Size 160 x 270 x 193mm
Limestone. Highly complex fragment, clearly part of a large column base, or possibly part of an abacus, originally. Curving outer face with roll. Interior face has three deep sockets, all circular, two with associated shallower triangular sockets. The sockets are clearly for keying the block into adjacent masonry. Two rusted iron fragments adhering to one face, a third adhering to the exterior face. Impossible to say if these were later additions to the block. Almost certainly from the parish church of St John in the Marsh.
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AF6: Limestone |
Size 255 x 270 x 215mm
Limestone. Post-pad made from a re-used voussoir, probably from the church of St John in the Marsh originally. Trapezoidal in shape. Roughly faced on all sides, three distinct types of tooling seen (parallel draught tooling lines, flat chisel marks, deep grooves with a ‘V’ shaped profile). The coarseness of the tooling suggests the voussoir would have been within the thickness of a wall, i.e. not visible from within the church. Not retained, reburied on site.
Size 162 x 250 x 195mm
Limestone. Badly broken fragment clearly re-used as mortar adheres to what would have been two original exterior faces of the block. Probably originally rectangular with a chamfered upper face. Probably from a plinth. Almost certainly from the parish church of St John in the Marsh originally. Not retained, reburied on site.
Size 240 x 340 x 265mm
Limestone. Roughly ‘L’ shaped block. Vertical chamfer and rebate. Linear socket and square socket on rebated face, ‘Y’ shaped socket on upper face. Some very feint fine tooling lines in parallel draughts visible on upper surface. Part of a door or window jamb. Almost certainly from the parish church of St John in the Marsh originally.
Size 180 x 450 x 430mm
Limestone. Large broken rectangular block with chamfered upper surface. Part of a plinth. Tooling visible on two faces, consisting of parallel rows of small rectangular clawed lines. Lime adhering to upper surface. Not retained, reburied on site.
Size 205 x 470 x 268mm
Limestone. Large broken rectangular block with chamfered upper surface. Part of a plinth Chamfer and two adjacent faces and one end finely dressed. Other faces roughly cut. Not retained, reburied on site.
Size 70 x 70 x 50mm
Limestone. Tiny fragment from an ashlar block. Part of two external faces visible both with fine tooling lines in parallel draughts. Not retained, reburied on site.
Size 110 x 90 x 75mm
Limestone. Tiny fragment from an ashlar block. Part of two external faces visible, both with fine tooling lines in parallel draughts. Not retained, reburied on site.
Size 330 x 260 x 255mm
Limestone. Highly complex fragment of window tracery, including part of the window arch. Curvilinear tracery dating to the Decorated Gothic period. Tooling and setting out lines visible on all exterior faces. Coarser tooling on the one face which would originally have been within the thickness of the wall.
