Editing Bull Ring, Birmingham (section)

=== Archaeology on the site ===
As the redevelopment of 2000 began, archaeological excavations were conducted on the site. Finds dated back to the 12th century; a ditch was discovered where the [[Selfridges]] store and Park Street car park are now situated. Archaeologists discovered that this was a boundary separating houses from a deer park in an area now occupied by [[Birmingham Moor Street railway station|Moor Street station]]. Rubbish discovered in the ditch was found to include fragments of misfired pottery with criss-cross patterns, indicating that pottery kilns had been located there in the 13th century. Many [[leather tanning]] pits dating to the 17th and 18th centuries were found on the Park Street car park site. These contained fragments of [[crucible]]s, pottery vessels in which metal was melted. The residues in these were alloys of copper with zinc, lead and tin. On the site where the Indoor Markets are now located, archaeologists discovered further leather tanning pits, these dating from the 13th century.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Burials had also been discovered in the churchyard of [[St Martin in the Bull Ring|St Martin's]] dating to the 18th and 19th century. Records of families were used to identify the bodies.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Four information panels providing information on the discoveries and history of the site are in the Bull Ring at St Martin's Square, Edgbaston Street, Park Street and High Street.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}