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Ralegh Radford archive

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NMR GLA/SITE/2/1 part 1 Radford's site notebook from ?1951 to 1963, with levels information and detailed notes on the excavations for each area.	PDF	6 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/2/1 part 2 Radford's site notebook from ?1951 to 1963, with levels information and detailed notes on the excavations for each area.	PDF	4 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/2/2 Radford's site notebook for 1952, with levels information and detailed notes on the excavations.	PDF	58 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/2/3 Radford's site notebook for 1955, containing sketch plans of trenches to be stripped in area of west cloister walk and south choir, Q5/6 and QS3.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/2/4 Radford's site notebook for 1956, containing details on 2 Bronze pins found in burial in north transept.	PDF	422 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/2/5 Radford's site notebook for 1964. Contains sketch plan with measurements of slope between south transept and chapter house, and details of excavations in area of Abbot's Hall and St Michael's Chapel.	PDF	929 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/2/6 Radford's site sketchbook for 1959 and 1963. Contains sketch plans with measurements of location of upstanding remains, and of various trenches in the south nave, area between Lady Chapel and Abbot's kitchen and Abbot's Hall.	PDF	4 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/1 Site notebook: West cloister walk trench: plot of stones above 'bone hole on grave seal'. Has reference points to link to plan of West cloister Walk trench. Sketch plan of High Altar location showing measurements from piers.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/2 Details of trench across centre of 6th bay of south choir aisle, and eastern extension of trench across 6th bay of south choir aisle.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/3 In Radford's hand: 1954 register of scuplture no's. A232, A229 (photo 32) af. A23, A230, A228, A222, A226 (photo 11 right), A223 (photo 28), A221 (photo 11 left), A145, photo 2 and 31 Abbot's kitchen, A227 (photo 26), A224, A225 (photo 6). In other (Dexter) for 1954: details of trench south of Lady Chapel and trench in east range of Saxon monastery. Sketch of small area in West cloister walk. West cloister trench running east between 5th and 6th buttresses. Further details of long E-W trench. Also, details of 1955 nave south aisle trench. 1956: north transept trench; trench Cl. 2; trench Cl. 3; trench Cl. 1 & ext. 2.	PDF	3 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/4 1955: details of Dunstan's wall in west cloister trench; details of north-east cloister trench (Cl. 2) and Ext 1 followed by summary of work and diagram of trenches (north cloister walk and east cloister walk trenches, Cl. 2 & Exts 1 & 2, Cl. 1955 and Cl. 1 with Exts 1 and 2.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/5 Details of trench in south choir aisle. Details of trench in south nave aisle, with details of south grave in 3rd bay. Details of bronze disc found in Cl. 1. Locations of finds and features in north transept southern trench. Sketch plan of north of cross Loretto trench, south end of cross Loretto trench, in situ pavement and a burial in north transpept.	PDF	4 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/6 Excavation notes for 1955 cloister E-W trench and 1956 Cl. 1.	PDF	84 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/7 Sketch of trench at 3rd bay of south nave aisle showing north grave (1 loose bone), with a further sketch showing skeletal remains and finds.	PDF	500 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/8 1954: details of trench west of Monk's kitchen including sketch of stones and mortar layer. 1956: details of trench Cl. 1.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/9 Excavation details of Cl. 12.	PDF	58 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/10 Details of continued excavation of Cl. 1, including work on glass furnace with Dr. Harden. Also, notes on ext 1 enlargement	PDF	311 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/11 Details of re-opening and deepening of Cl. 1, opening of ext 3, continuation of ext 1, and .ext 4, with location of numbered finds	PDF	64 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/12 Details of Cl. 2 (1957) and nave trench 1 (1959). The latter includes a description of a disturbed skeleton in a wooden coffin. Also, details of nave north ext 1 and discovery of tomb.	PDF	339 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/13 Details of trench Cl. 1 with location of probable features. Also Cl. 3 including buildings 1, 2 and 3. Also Cl. S. 2. Dorter trench 5	PDF	812 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/14 1959: details of trench Dorter 1 and Nave 1. Includes plan of trenches in Dorter area (D1-7, D7E, TH1-4, Cl. S. 1-3). 1963: details of A.H.C.T with sketch showing positions of east ext 1-5 & 7.Notes on east extn 1 and 3.1964: continuation of in area of Abbot's House with locations and descriptions of finds and features	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/15 Brief description and measured sketches of wall running E-W across Cl. S. 2	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/16 1957: locations of numbered finds (1-13) in trench 6 across cloister. 1959: details and sketch of D1. CH 1: locations of numbered finds and features (incl. ditch and The Crozier). Also CH 3 and 7. At back of notebook is a sketch plan locating CH 1-8.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/17 Details on Tr. 1 south of Lady Chapel between 34' and 60'.	PDF	226 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/18 Details on Tr. 1 south of Lady Chapel, and Tr. 1 ext.	PDF	2 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/19 Details on excavations of Abbot's Hall Cross Trench and Hypogeum.	PDF	50 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/20 Details on excavations of Abbot's Hall Cross Trench.	PDF	68 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/21 Details on Cl. S. 2 with locations of numbered finds and features. Also, details on St Michael's Chapel, and Exts 2 and 3 from the Abbot's Hall east trench.	PDF	2 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/22 1954: Details on West cloister trench running east between 2nd and 3rd buttresses from south-east corner, including record of second 'bone hole' from north end of trench and 'bone hole' ; trial trench south of Lady Chapel including mass of human details on A.H.C.T (Abbot's House Cross Trench) Ext 1. Also, east ext south of Lady Chapel.1964: pit discovered: where?	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/23 Location and description of numbered finds in Abbot's Hall trenches: which ones?	PDF	52 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/24 Location and description of numbered finds in Abbot's Hall trench: which one? Also, details of deposits, features and finds in trench through St Michael's Chapel.	PDF	671 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/25 Location and description of numbered finds and features, but does not state which trench these details relate to.	PDF	48 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/26 Trench in West cloister running east between 2nd and 3rd buttresses from south-east corner. Description of numbered layers including finds, sketch section and discussion of purpose and results.	PDF	421 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/27 Location of finds (numbers in small find triangles) in re-opended Cl. 1 and Cl. 1. ext 3. Also, numbered details of features and deposits (in brackets) and finds (in triangles) uncovered in cloister east walk.	PDF	56 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/28 1957: details of excavations of Cl. East walk, Cl. 2, Cl. East walk south and north exts.1959: details of excavations of D1and Cl. South 3.	PDF	3 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/29 Details of Abbot's Hall Cross Trench.	PDF	49 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/30 Details of Cl. 2 (1957), CH. 2 and Cl. East walk 2 and 3.	PDF	999 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/32 1955: location of a few finds in Cl. Trench. 1956: details of east to west cloister trench with locations of finds. Includes details of kiln. Also, Cl. 1, Cl. 1 Ext and Ext 2.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/33 Details of West cloister trench detailing evidence of east wall of Dunstan's wall and location of finds.	PDF	46 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/34 Register of sculptural pieces (A230, 229, 228226, 221 145, 223, 222, 227, 224, 225 & some photos). Also, details of excavations to west of West cloister walk and west of Monk's kitchen.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/35 1959: details of excavation of D1 (including discovery of kiln). Also, details of 3 small trial holes in Dorter and D4. 1963: details of A.H.C.T east ext 2 and 3.	PDF	1 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/36 Register of sculptural pieces (A234, 133, 61, 145, 113,251, 147,146,148,132, 149, ,144, 143,112,123i, 123ii, 123iii, 123iv and 123v)	PDF	4 Mb
NMR GLA/SITE/3/37 A few notes on the excavation of a small trench to the east of the West cloister (from edge of Dunstan's wall).	PDF	38 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/4/1 Radford's site inventory of finds for west cloister walk, west cloister trench and St Michael's Chapel.	PDF	49 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/4/2 Radford's site notebook of pottery list for east to west cloister trench and robbing of flying buttress foundations.	PDF	49 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/12/1 Radford's descriptions of the chapter house sections. There are 5 typed sheets with corrections, describing trenches 1-4, and a further typed sheet describing trench 7. There are a further 3 small sheets with rough handwritten descriptions of House trenches 5, 6 and 8, and 3 sheets of neat handwritten descriptions of Section CH1 North Face. Finally there is a short list of the chapter house east range trenches and sections consisting of CH 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7.	PDF	59 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/12/3 Radford's descriptions of a number of sections. There is a note by Radford in 1989 stating that the notes were transcribed because of the deterioration of the original paper. There follows to handwritten lists of the trenches included. There are 3 sheets covering T1 North extension 1956, Trench N of Lady Chapel 1954 and the NE face 1954. The remaining sheets are neat ink handwriting covering Section Q2 1955 North face, Q5/6 1955 W face, Q5/6 E Extn 1955 N face, Trench QS 3 with W Extn and E 1955, Q1 1955 North face, Trench Q1, Trench Q2 1955, Trench QS 5/6, Trench QS 5/6 E Extn, Section T1 1956 North face, Trench T2 1956, Section T2 1956 North Face, Edgar Chapel S 1954, Trench NS 6 with E Extn 1955, Section N1 1959 N face.	PDF	132 Kb
NMR GLA/SITE/12/2 Radford's descriptions of the cloister sections. There are 7 neatly handwritten sheets describing CLE W 1955, CLE 1 1957, CLE 2 1957 and 1CLE W N Extn 1955.There is also a short list of these cloister trenches included in the descriptions.	PDF	50 Kb