Site Event/Activity record ESF21220 - Archaeological evaluation and building survey: Clare Priory Church

A building survey and archaeological evaluation at Clare Priory Church prior to the enlargement of the church helped to demonstrate the sequence of building at this site. A survey of the south wall showed that its footings and western end were medieval, however that most of the wall was reconstructed in two phases during the 18th and 19th C. A medieval footing was also uncovered which appears to relate to a staircase shown in an 18th C engraving, which was removed during the rebuild. Another earlier footing was identified which suggests that there was a building on the site which pre-dated the church. During the evaluation a number of medieval and post-medieval finds were also uncovered.