Gill, D. (2013). Clare Priory Church new extension CLA 037: Archaeological monitoring report. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1053212. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Clare Priory Church new extension CLA 037: Archaeological monitoring report
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Archaeological monitoring and limited building recording were carried out at Clare Priory during the excavations associated with the ground works for an extension to the existing Church. The building dates to the 14th century and once housed the infirmary, dormitory and reredorter of the Augustinian friary. It was converted to a church after 'The Priory' was restored to the Augustinian Order in 1953 and is a protected Scheduled Monument (no. 29290). The monitoring recorded the buried foundations of the medieval infirmary affected by the development and included the remains of a lost buttress and possible chimney which were all truncated at a depth of 350mm below the existing ground surface. The buttress and chimney footing were directly sealed by deposits associated with the post-reformation remodelling of the building when the infirmary was converted to a barn. The priory is located on the floodplain of the River Stour and it was established that the ground levels had been raised by more than 1m with the importation of soil prior to the infirmary's construction. Within the building examples of 'daisy wheel' apotropaic marks were recorded on all of the few surviving fragments of plaster. These symbols which date from when the building was used as a barn were believed to avert evil and protect both animals and crops. This superstition is believed to date to the 17th century when the fear of magic and the persecutions of witches was at it most zealous.
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Author:		 David Gill
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Publisher:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: CLA 037 Clare Priory Church
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Parish: CLARE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 576990, 245000 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MONASTIC BUILDING (Monus)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-147154
OBIB: SCCAS report No 2013/039
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Note:		 SCCAS client report, soft bound, A4, colour
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2019