| Title: |
St Peters Chapel, Aukland Castle, County Durham. Archaeological Recording and Monitoring (NAA Report 96/32) |
| Number of Pages: |
27 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A rectified photographic survey and archaeological watching brief was undertaken in St Peter's Chapel during remiedial work. The lifting of the raised chapel floor showed that the tiled floor was supported upon a series of narrow brick walls which ran diagonally across the building from north-west to south-east. These support walls were inserted in 1842 and incorporated a series of brick sided ducts containing cast iron heating pipes. With the exception of Bishop Cosin's memorial and a large stone covered tomb in the northern half of the antechapel, all the other major monuments cut through both the brick supporting walls and the heating ducts. Significantly,a previously unsuspected tomb, possibly that of Cosin's son-in-law, Mr Davison, was discovered immediately beneath the floor of the antechapel. Removal of the stone and mortar rubble between the brick supporting walls revealed traces of an earlier mortar floor which survived well to the east of the screen, but hardly at all to the west. This in places sealed an ashy refuse deposit which contained some animal and fish bone. This deposit was thought to be of late medieval or early post-medieval date. The piers of both the north and south arcades were found to be supported on rectangular dressed sandstone plinths. These had onece been exposed features above the level of the mortar floor. The plinths were decorated with roll moulding on te outer face within the aisles and and inverted chamfer on the inner face. To the west of the screen and at the bas of a heating flue, evidence for a stone foundation aligned north-south, and possibly representing part of the dais strcuture located at the west end of the medieval hall, was revealed. Removal of areas of wall plaster revealed more evidence of the blind arcading in this area principally to the south of the entrance doorway. The evidence for this arcading, however, had largely been exposed during previous restoration work undertaken between 1978 and 1983. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Greg P Speed
R Fraser
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| Publisher: |
Northern Archaeological Associates
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| Year of Publication: |
1996
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
St Peters Chapel |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1996
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: ST PETER'S CHAPEL, AUCKLAND CASTLE
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Wear Valley
Monument: CHAPEL. Medieval (1066-1540), FEATURE. Medieval (1066-1540), [TOMB]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FLOOR. Medieval (1066-1540), WALL. Medieval (1066-1540)
Ngr: NZ21303002
Parish:
Postcode: DL147BG
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
