Blue Bridge Lane
&
Fishergate House
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Bone, antler & horn-working
Analysis of the bone, antler, ivory and horn objects found at Fishergate House
and Blue Bridge Lane, York. The assemblage was of a medium size, with small
but diverse section of material from the Anglian, early medieval and late
medieval periods. The Anglian period is considered in some detail with evidence
of the preparation and discard of objects such as combs, pins and handles
on the site. The smaller amounts from the medieval period are associated with
the monastic use of the site, including knife handles.
Textile-working
Analysis of the textile-working evidence from Blue Bridge Lane and Fishergate
House is presented. Good evidence for textile-working in the Anglian period
was identified in the form of loomweights, spindlewhorls and a pin beater
including a bonfire kiln which had been used to fire the clay loomweights.
Some possible evidence for production of textile from processed fleece was
identified. For the later medieval periods, fewer items were recovered, but
included two pairs of scissors, a copper alloy needle and a thimble. These
finds reflect the nature of textile-working encountered within the claustral
range of St Andrews Priory to the north.
Ferrous metal-working
Analysis of the ferrous metal-working evidence from Blue Bridge Lane and Fishergate
House is presented. Some evidence for iron-smithing was identified in the
Anglian period was identified in the form of smithing hearth bottoms, smithing
slag as well as hammerscale. Evidence for small-scale smithing was also identified
in later medieval periods, particularly Period 8. No in situ evidence for
metal-working was encountered during excavation and the assemblage is of typical
type and moderate quantity for an urban site.
Non-ferrous metal-working
This report analyses the waste from lead working found at Blue Bridge Lane
and Fishergate House, York. Just under 200g of waste were recovered in 35
small finds from 16 features. A discussion is undertaken of the type of work
carried out as suggested by the evidence and a catalogue of the finds is provided.
The relatively small amount of lead waste suggests that work with lead was
a small component of the metalworking activity on the site, nonetheless, evidence
was found of a variety of different lead treatments carried out on the site
over a number of periods.
Glass-working
Short report on the evidence for glass-working.
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