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Somerset Historic Environment Record

16421

Site Name: Evaluation (1995), the Old Archdeaconry, Wells
Civil Parish: Wells
Part of:
PRN 16420Wells Liberty, Wells
PRN 20321The Music School and attached walls (Formerly Listed as: CATHEDRAL GREEN (North side) Library of Theological College), Cathedral Green (north side), Wells
PRN 24810Medieval town, Wells
Grid Ref: ST 55107 45946 (ST 54 NE)
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Public access:

It is unlikely that there is anything to see unless this event took place on a site (see link above) where there may be details of access. Otherwise please assume that the site is on private land. [Information last updated on 05 August 2003]

Details:

Three test pits were excavated in advance of the construction of an extension of the Music School in Wells situated in the Old Archdeaconry, Wells. Initial results indicated medieval stratigraphy buried beneath a fairly constant layer of late medieval/early post-medieval make up layer which may represent fifteenth century land raising activities. One of the trial pits encountered the footings of an E-W wall abutting the main garden wall. It is sandwiched between the nineteenth century clearance and medieval stratigraphy and is located close to the calculated position of the north wall of a building recorded on John Carters 1794 map of the Cathedral Precinct. {1}

References:

1 Detailed records - Ferguson Mann Architects. The Old Archdeaconry, Wells: Documentary Evaluation of the Site.  Unpublished Ferguson Mann Architects report (1995) Report location: HER files
2 Museum accession number - Archive could not be located. Stored at Unknown museum.

Record created on 05 August 2003

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