Relikty zabudowy bloku śródrynkowego lokacyjnego Ciechanowa (XVI-XVIII w.)

During archaeological supervision carried out in 2010 and 2011 around John Paul II Square in Ciechanów remains of the building complex of the mid-market-square block were excavated. The scale of the research is unprecedented among historic towns founded in Mazovia. Relics of the foundations of the brick town hall, the weigh or the cropping house as well as a series of the relics of light wooden structures – probably stalls or butcheries, forming a quadrangle of the compact building block in the central part of the square, were recorded. The study of portable finds indicates that the town hall and the accompanying buildings were probably erected in the 16th century and they ceased to exist after mid-17th century.