Leominster Priory, Leominster, Herefordshire. Report on Geophysical Surveys, October 2023.
Magnetometry, earth resistance and GPR around Leominster Priory confirmed the double-apsidal presbytery and possible north cloister range. Surveys also recorded former paths, medieval ridge and furrow and fragmentary structural remains.
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Caesium magnetometer, earth resistance and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys were conducted in the vicinity of Leominster Priory, Leominster, Herefordshire. The aim of the survey was to support the Historic England Midlands Development Advice Team by providing information about parts of the subsurface remains of the former Benedictine priory. The current scheduled elements of the priory have 'Old County Number' records which are some of our oldest designation records and do not yet have the full descriptions of their modernised counterparts. The geophysical survey will allow the standing structures of the priory to be understood in the context of the surviving subsurface archaeological remains and inform any revised descriptions and future management. Caesium magnetometer, earth resistance and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys were conducted in accessible areas in the immediate vicinity of Leominster Priory, Leominster, Herefordshire. The vehicle towed caesium magnetometer survey (0.9ha) was conducted over a large area of recreational space, known as The Grange, found to the south of the priory and responded mainly to buried metal with limited indications of localised burning, former paths and evidence for medieval ridge and furrow cultivation. Earth resistance survey (0.7ha) confirmed the survival of the double apsidal presbytery to the east of the priory, together with evidence to support a possible north building range of the priory cloister in Pinsley Mead. Results from the vehicle towed GPR survey (2.1ha) were less successful, perhaps due to heavily saturated soil conditions, but identified fragmentary structural remains to partially corroborate the other two techniques.
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Leominster Priory, Leominster, Herefordshire. Report on Geophysical Surveys, October 2023.
Fieldwork report · 2025
Magnetometry, earth resistance and GPR around Leominster Priory confirmed the double-apsidal presbytery and possible north cloister range. Surveys also recorded former paths, medieval ridge and furrow and fragmentary structural remains.
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