Sussex Archaeological Collections: Relating to the history and antiquities of the counties of East and West Sussex
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The medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes, East Sussex: excavations 1994
LUKE BARBER & LUCY SIBUN
with major contributions by
Sue Browne
Christopher Whittick
During the spring/summer of 1994 excavations were undertaken at the former site of the medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes, East Sussex prior to redevelopment works. Two areas were excavated but little structural evidence for the hospital buildings was located. One area revealed part of the hospital cemetery and 103 burials were excavated. Also within this area were two large quarries thought to have been dug during a construction phase at the hospital, probably in the twelfth century. The second area contained yet another quarry, used for the disposal of large quantities of domestic refuse, particularly pottery, in the early thirteenth century. This area also contained the remains of a sill wall for a timber-framed building, which may have served the hospital.
