Work to repair the void on St Leonard’s place finished on Friday 13 June and the road is now open in both directions.
Bus routes are back operating as normal and stopping at the usual places.
We’d like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while these emergency works took place.
Archaeological finds
During the works, archaeologists uncovered what is believed to be part of the twelfth and thirteenth century St Leonard's Hospital which stretched from the modern-day Museum Gardens to the Theatre Royal. This was an area that post Reformation was used as the Royal Mint, giving it its post medieval name of Mint Yard, which were demolished several hundred years ago and a road made on top of it. The archaeological find was discovered as work was taking place to repair the sinkhole on St Leonard’s Place.
The findings have been recorded in line with Chartered Institute For Archaeologists standards, images have been taken and recorded with further analysis to take place.
It's anticipated that the remains are likely the buildings of Mint Yard, which by the 1800s were a warren of residencies, yards and stables and were demolished to make way from the new Georgian streetscape in 1836, as it became one of the most fashionable parts of the city at the time. 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’s Place.