Smith, L., Dyson, A. and Prosser, L. (2010). Nun's Hall (Ann's Hall), St Osyths Priory, Essex. Archaeological Impact Assessment and Evaluation. Hertford: Archaeological Solutions Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1022724. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Nun's Hall (Ann's Hall), St Osyths Priory, Essex. Archaeological Impact Assessment and Evaluation
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Series:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1022724
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Abstract:		 In April 2010, Archaeological Solutions (AS) conducted an archaeological impact assessment and evaluation at Nun's Hall (Ann's Hall) and south-west paddock, St Osyths Priory, Essex (TM 115 160) in advance of a planning application for enabling works at St Osyths Priory Park. St Osyths Priory is a Scheduled Monument (SAM 24 and EHER 4) and a Registered Park and Garden (EH 1145: Grade II). The area evaluated consists of two parts. Four trenches were located to the west of the Scheduled area near Priory Farm. Two trenches were located c.1km north-west of the Priory in Nun's Wood, an area heavily quarried in the late 19th and 20th centuries. It is the reputed site of a nunnery founded in the late 7th century (EHER 46047). The ruined building in this part of the site was subject to an impact assessment. Tradition suggests that the structure is a residual fragment of a chapel, though judging by the surviving gable, the building is orientated north-south, which does not conform to the usual liturgical requirement for an east-west axis as would be expected on a religious site. Further analysis has suggested that it is a garden folly or picturesque ruin of more recent date. The current study identified no datable structural elements later than the 17th century, but the overall interpretation is that much of the tructure as it currently exists is of 16th or 17th century date, with later repair using materials to hand. However, the hypothesis that the wall forms part of a much earlier and larger building was disproved during a trial trench evaluation (Trenches 5 and 6) which revealed no early structural remains. Instead the trenches in Nun's Wood revealed an 18th - early 19th century brick building, possibly a conduit house, and a postmedieval gully (F1034). Trenches 1 - 4 revealed post-medieval, modern and undated features. Ditch F1004 ontained a Roman sherd. The evidence is comparable to that recorded during the evaluation to the east (McCall et al 2008).
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Author:		 L Smith
A Dyson
Lee Prosser
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Essex County Council Historic Environment Records (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: St Osyth Priory
Parish: ST OSYTH
District: Tendring
County: Essex
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Priory Farm
Location - Auto Detected: Nuns Wood
Grid Reference: 611500, 216000 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FOLLY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Gable Wall (Monus)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
20th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
Late 7th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
18th Early 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
2008 (Auto Detected Temporal)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
16th (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: archaeol7-101773
OBIB: AS Report No. 3523
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016