Posted on 08/09/2006 9:44:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
It is a large section of wall and an archway, believed to be part of a market hall. The building was first discovered in the 1950s under High Cross Street, but this section of the wall had collapsed. It is made out of rough stone, with a series of tiles running through it... The team of 25 archaeologists will now try to discover why the wall collapsed and find out if the exterior of the building was decorated. They have also discovered part of an Anglo-Saxon building dating to the sixth or seventh century attached to the wall.
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