| Title: |
Blackfriars Priory, Hereford: A Report Following the Geophysical Survey Organised by Stratascan in November 1994 (Hereford Archaeol Ser, Rep No 236) |
| Number of Pages: |
5 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A desk-based assessment of the site of the precinct of the Blackfriars monastery in Widemarsh Street had been prepared as one of a series of documents to enable the various options for a new sewage pipeline in this area to be fully assessed (Hereford Archaeology Series, Report No 207). A possible route across the precinct (part of which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument) was identified, and it was recommended that a geophysical survey could provide information from which this potential route could be evaluated. The City of Hereford Archaeology Unit subsequently commissioned Stratascan to carry out the survey work using resistivity and ground-probing radar. The survey failed to reveal any firm evidence for the monastic church, known to have been directly south of the upstanding claustral ruins on the site. It did, however, demonstrate the existence of many features within the gardened area of the possible sewer corridor between the upstanding ruins and the Coningsby Hospital; some of these are likely to be associated with the monastic use of the area, others with the late 16th century house of Sir Thomas Cantilupe. The lack of any evidence for any major walls west of the southern end of the upstanding ruins helps to confirm the likely position of the western wall of the church as being more or less in line with the western wall of the claustral buildings. Features detected elsewhere suggest that there is a strong likelihood that the church continued eastwards at least as far as the eastern edge of the playing field. CHAU concluded that from an archaeological point of view it would be preferable if the pipeline followed a direct route along Widemarsh Street, turning eastwards well to the north of the scheduled area.[AIP] |
| Author: |
City of Hereford Archaeology Unit
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| Publisher: |
City of Hereford Archaeology Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
1995
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Coningsby Hospital |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Widemarsh Street |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Late 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1995
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: BLACKFRIARS PRIORY, WIDEMARSH STREET, HEREFORD
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: County of Herefordshire
Monument:
Ngr: SO51204040
Parish: Hereford
Postcode: HR1 2DF
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
