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The College of the Vicars Choral of York Minster at Bedern

Architectural Fragments

by David A Stocker

AY10/4 Stocker cover The publication examines 412 architectural fragments from the Bedern excavations of 1973–80. The majority of these fragments were not cut for the College at Bedern, but were brought to the site as rubble for re-use in successive medieval and post-medieval building campaigns.

now £10 plus p+p
The Bedern Foundry

by Julian Richards

AY10/3 Richards cover This 13th–16th century foundry consisted of timber framed workshops on both sides of a narrow lane, which contained metalworking hearths, furnaces and a barrel lined well. The evidence points to the foundry’s main product being cauldrons.

£5 (was £12 then £8) plus p+p
Aspects of Anglo-Scandinavian York

by RA Hall et al

AY 8/4 Hall et al A series of thematic essays on key aspects of evidence for Viking-Age York, including an historical introduction, documentary evidence, coinage, inscriptions, street-names, art, craft activity, topography, animal bones, and plant and insect remains.

£15 (was £19.95) plus p+p
Urban Structures & Defences

Lloyds Bank, Pavement and Other Sites

by PV Addyman and RA Hall

with a Survey of Defences North-East of the Ouse

AY8/3 Addyman cover The area of central York between the Rivers Foss and Ouse has, over the past hundred years, became something of a locus classicus for the archaeological study of the Viking Age town in Britain.

£5 (was £15 then £10) plus p+p
Anglian Settlement at 46–54 Fishergate

by R Kemp

AY7/1 Kemp cover In 1985–6 excavations at Fishergate gave archaeologists the first glimpse of 7–9th century Eorforwic, York. The excavations revealed this settlement to be well ordered and carefully laid out with trading links stretching as far as the Rhineland and Northern France.

Info: 114pp, 24 illustrations
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£5 (was £16) plus p+p
Excavations in the Praetentura

9 Blake Street

by RA Hall

AY3/4 Hall cover The most complete data-set for the development of the fortress. After successive phases of later 1st-mid 2nd century timber buildings, a replanning and rebuilding in stone provides the framework for a series of later changes in the style and form of Roman occupation.

£10 (was £20) plus p+p
Excavations and Observations on the Defences and Adjacent Sites

Excavations and Observations on the Defences and Adjacent Sites: 1971–90

by Patrick Ottaway

AY3/3 Ottaway cover As one of the three fortresses permanently occupied from the late 1st century onwards, York is of great importance for Romano-British military studies.

£10 (was £35)
Historic Barrhead

Archaeology and Development

by E Patricia Dennison, Simon Stronach & Russel Coleman

Historic Barrhead cover Situated to the west of Glasgow in East Renfrewshire, Barrhead grew rapidly in the late 18th century because it was in the right place, at the right time. It was close to the emerging commercial centres of Glasgow and Paisley and could rely on the Levern Water to power a booming textile industry. The valley in which the town grew also has a rich earlier history.

now £5 (was £9.50) plus p+p
Historic Mauchline

Archaeology and Development

by E Patricia Dennison, Dennis Gallagher & Gordon Ewart

Historic Mauchline cover Mauchline first appeared in the historical record in the 12th century, when it was granted to the Cistercian abbey of Melrose. It served as the administrative centre of a monastic estate until the Reformation and the 15th-century Abbot Hunters Tower still stands in the heart of the medieval town as testament to its importance in this era.

now £5 (was £9.50) plus p+p
Women in Roman Britain

New Edition

by Lindsay Allason-Jones

Women in Roman Britain cover What was life really like for women in Roman Britain? This new edition chronicles the latest discoveries – tombstones, writing tablets, curse tablets, burials and artefacts – to build up a vivid picture of the lives, habits and thoughts of women in Britain over four centuries.

now £7.50 (was £10) plus p+p
Modern Military Matters

Studying and managing the twentieth-century defence heritage in Britain: a discussion document

by John Schofield

MMM Cover This book provides a concise statement of the state of knowledge and future research priorities relating to twentieth-century military remains in Britain – an emerging area of intense archaeological investigation.

now £3 (was £5.95) plus p+p