Share this page. Medieval Leicester. Aerial view of the Grey Friars site today, showing the location of the friary, looking north-west University of Leicester Archaeological Services. A selection of artefacts found during the excavation of the Grey Friars church: inlaid floor tile, tomb lettering and a coin See artefacts like this at Leicester Guildhall.
Archaeologists record a medieval stone sarcophagus in the presbytery of the Grey Friars church University of Leicester Archaeological Services. Continue the story of Richard III. Roman Leicester A military fort was erected, attracting traders and a growing civilian community to Leicester known as Ratae Corieltauvorum to the Romans. Living Like a Roman. Medieval Leicester — The early years of this period was one of unrest with Saxon, Danes and Norman invaders having their influences over the town.
The Castle Motte. Georgian Leicester — The knitting industry had really stared to take hold and Leicester was fast becoming the main centre of hosiery manufacture in Britain. The Grey Friars — a brief history The Franciscan Friars often called the Grey Friars from the colour of their garments came to England in , around a year before the death of St Francis of Assisi, their founder, and had arrived in Leicester before Artwork: Mike Codd.
Portrait of Robert Herrick by an unknown artist; oil on panel, c. Image: Leicestershire Record Office. See more about the discovery and identification of Richard III.
Discovering the remains More about the excavation to find the remains of Richard III - from pinpointing potential locations and the digging of the trenches, to locating the remains and preserving the grave. The project was launched with a press day on August 24 , followed the next day by cutting the tarmac and the machining of the first trench by Mathew Morris, Grey Friars site director, down to the level of the archaeology. What happened next took the whole team by surprise — not only was evidence for a human burial revealed in the first few hours of the dig, but the archaeological evidence that emerged during the next ten days showed that it was located within the choir of the Grey Friars church.
The burial was excavated on Wednesday 5 September and had a number of characteristics that led the University of Leicester to announce to the world on 12 September that the skeleton of a male with curvature of the spine and evidence for battle wounds had been discovered and therefore had the potential to be Richard III. In the months that followed, the skeleton was subject to painstaking scientific analysis, including radiocarbon dating, investigation of the diet, health, stature and manner of death from detailed examination of the bones and finally analysis of the ancient DNA.
More about the excavation to find the remains of Richard III - from pinpointing potential locations and the digging of the trenches, to locating the remains and preserving the grave. Find out how the osteology, carbon dating, forensic analysis, genetic analysis and genealogy all contributed to the identification of Richard III's remains.
The discovery in has put Leicester, and specifically the Greyfriars area, on the tourist map as well as completely changing our understanding of the history and development of the area.
It has raised the importance of the area from being locally interesting to internationally significant. The Greyfriars conservation area was reviewed following the methodology suggested by English Heritage. Approval was granted for the extension of the boundary to the south of the area incorporating part of the Market Street conservation area.
The appraisal and management plan aims to define and record the special architectural and historical interest of the area, and present proposals and actions that seek to guide and manage future change, enhancement and preservation of the sites, including changes to the conservation area's boundary. The appraisal and management plan was adopted in November Documents are available for downloading at the bottom of this page.
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