NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Archaeologists in a historic city recently came across the remnants of an expansive medieval hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n The discovery was announced by the City of York Council on June 9. The ancient remains were found in a “void,” or sinkhole, that had recently opened on the street of St Leonard’s Place in York in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n “The archaeological find was discovered as work was taking place to repair the sinkhole on St Leonard\u2019s Place,” the council said in a statement.<\/p>\n ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER ‘SENSATIONAL’ ARTIFACTS UNDER HISTORIC MONASTERY’S FLOOR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “The void, which is in the middle of the road outside York Theatre Royal<\/a>, was made safe before contractors and archaeology teams began investigation works.”<\/p>\n The find is believed to be the remnants of St. Leonard’s Hospital \u2014 built between the 12th and 13th centuries.<\/p>\n St. Leonard’s Hospital, which was built between the 12th and 13th centuries, was one of the largest medieval hospitals in the North of England.<\/span> (City of York Council)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Pictures show ancient bricks hiding several inches beneath the street.\u00a0<\/p>\n The hospital was “one of the largest” in Northern England during the Middle Ages, the council said.<\/p>\n HISTORY BUFF UNCOVERS LOST MEDIEVAL MONASTERY THANKS TO STRANGE MAP SYMBOL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The property originally stretched from York’s Museum Gardens<\/a> to the city’s Theatre Royal, the council’s statement noted.<\/p>\n After the English Reformation, the area was used as a royal mint \u2013 earning the name “Mint Yard.”<\/p>\n “We knew that there is a lot of complex archaeology in the area dating back to the Roman legionary fortress.”<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n “Mint Yard [was] demolished several hundred years ago and a road made on top of it,” the statement added.<\/p>\n By the 19th century, the city council said, the Mint Yard buildings were “a warren of residencies, yards and stables and were demolished to make way [for] the new Georgian streetscape in 1836, as it became one of the most fashionable parts of the city at the time.”<\/p>\n The centuries-old bricks were found beneath a modern street on St Leonard’s Place in York, England.<\/span> (City of York Council)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n 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 as St Leonard\u2019s Place.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kate Ravilious, a member of the City of York Council, thanked the public for their patience during the archaeological work<\/a>.<\/p>\n Known for its breathtaking medieval architecture, York, in northern England, welcomes millions of visitors annually.<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “We knew that there is a lot of complex archaeology in the area dating back to the Roman legionary fortress<\/a>,” Ravilious said in a statement.<\/p>\n For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com\/lifestyle<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n “Throughout the works, we have been [alert] to this while doing all we can to get off site as quickly as possible. However, these finds, while fascinating, have set our timescales back a bit.”<\/p>\n The City of York Council said that the area was repurposed after the English Reformation, becoming a mint.<\/span> (City of York Council)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The discovery comes over a month after experts found proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion<\/a> in the same English city.<\/p>\n The findings came after experts analyzed a skeleton from a Roman cemetery<\/a> outside of York. Experts said that gladiators’ remains presented “unusual lesions.”<\/p>\n![\"Worker](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1200\/675\/york-ancient-medieval-hospital-found-4.png?ve=1&tl=1\")
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