Dramatic Sinkhole in York reveals vestiges of the great medieval hospital in St Leonard

Archaeologists from a historic city recently met the remains of a vast medieval hospital.

The discovery was announced by the York City Council on June 9. The old remains were found in an “emptiness” or a chasm, which had recently opened in the rue de la Place de St Leonard in York in the United Kingdom.

“The archaeological discovery was discovered because work took place to repair the abyss in Saint-Leonard,” the council said in a press release.

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“The emptiness, which is in the middle of the road outside York Theater Royal, was safe before entrepreneurs and archeology teams begin investigative work.”

The discovery would be the remains of the St. Leonard hospital – built between the 12th and 12th centuries.

The St. Leonard hospital, which was built between the 12th and 12th centuries, was one of the largest medieval hospitals in northern England. (York City Council)

Images show old bricks hiding several inches under the street.

The hospital was “one of the largest” in northern England in the Middle Ages, the Council said.

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The property stretched the gardens of the York Museum at the Royal Theater of the City, noted the declaration of the Council.

After the English reform, the region was used as a royal mint – winning the name “Mint courtyard”.

“We knew that there was a lot of complex archeology in the region dating from the Roman legionary fortress.”

“Mint Yard (was) demolished several hundred years ago and one more road,” added the press release.

In the 19th century, the municipal council said, the Mint Court buildings were “a warren of residences, yards and stables and were demolished to make room (for) the new Georgian street landscape in 1836, because it became one of the most fashionable parts of the city at the time.”

The bricks old centuries were found under a modern street in St Leonard Square in York, England. (York City Council)

The council added: “The demolished parts of the city walls were then used to create a base for their new road, which we now know under the name of Saint-Leonard.”

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Kate Ravilious, member of the York City Council, thanked the public for his patience during the archaeological work.

Known for its breathtaking medieval architecture, York, in northern England, welcomes millions of visitors each year. (istock)

“We knew that there was a lot of complex archeology in the region dating from the Roman legionary fortress,” said Ravilious in a press release.

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“Throughout the work, we have been (alerts) on this subject while doing our best to get out as quickly as possible. However, these discoveries, although fascinating, have a little remote from our time scales.”

The York City Council said the region had been reused after the English reform, becoming a mint. (York City Council)

The discovery occurs a month after the experts found proof of a gladiator fight with a lion in the same English city.

The results occurred after the experts analyzed a skeleton of a Roman cemetery outside York. Experts said the gladiators remain presented “unusual lesions”.

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