| Title: |
Priory Gardens, Cartmel, Cumbria. Archaeological Excavation |
| Number of Pages: |
53 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An excavation was carried out at the proposed site of a house and garage which lay within an area formerly occupied by the precinct of an Augustinian priory, and possibly contained part of the cloister and refectory. An earlier evaluation had revealed evidence of significant medieval, most probably monastic, activity over a large part of the study area. The priory had been founded in c. 1190 and, although it had never been particularly wealthy, had developed over the course of the ensuing three and a half centuries into a site of some size and complexity. During the excavation, further evidence of significant structural activity was found over a large part of the present garden. Some of the remains had been preserved above foundation height. A large quantitiy of artefactual material was recovered from the relatively deep medieval stratigraphy, and the identified remains strongly suggested the presence of several phases of structures in the outer court of the priory. The earliest activity identified was represented by a sub-circular pit, possibly associated with a nearby post-hole. The purpose of this activity remained unclear, but may have been related to possible timber structures which had been precursors to, or had been associated with, the construction of the later stone walls. Three major phases of building and usage had subsequently occurred prior to the destruction of the site. Features relating to the second of these phases included two areas of burning/hearths, which suggested that a particular structure had been associated with a phase of rebuilding related to large-scale industrial processing, probably smithing. Excavation of a garage area in the eastern part of the site, close to the conjectural position of the northern cloister of the priory, revealed that the arrchaeological deosits in this area had been truncated to a greater degree than elsewhere. No evidence of the northern cloister was recovered, suggesting either that it had not lain in this area or that it had been completely removed by later activity. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Chris Wild
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| Publisher: |
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: PRIORY GARDENS, CARTMEL
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: South Lakeland
Monument: [priory precinct]. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Medieval (1066-1540), POST HOLE. Medieval (1066-1540), DRAIN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), HEARTH. Medieval (1066-1540), STRUCTURE. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1
Ngr: SD37987885
Parish: Lower Allithwaite
Postcode: LA116PX
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
