A possible thirteenth century hostelry near Beverley

The BBC News website reports on an archaeological excavation at a deserted village site at High Hunsley near Beverley. The article concentrated on what is being suggested May have been the village ale house or similar hostelry on the basis of broken crockery of thirteenth century date and a considerable number of animal bones, which suggests catering on a regular basis. We know such places existed, but clear physical evidence is far less common. It will be interesting to see what next year’s dig adds to knowledge of the village and its life.

The article can be read at Beverley: Archaeologists unearth suspected medieval pub in dig

The excavation of High Hunsley, and what is known of the village’s history and gradual decline, is introduced in another BBC report at  High Hunsley dig: Archaeologists hunt for deserted medieval village