Site Event/Activity record ECH2859 - Excavations at Norton Priory in 1971-1987 (Phase 2)

Extensive research excavation carried out at Norton Priory over a period of 17 years, largely funded by Runcorn Development Corporation under the direction of Dr JP Greene and later B. Sale as assistant director. Geophysical survey in 1982. (sources 1-10) Results of the excavations were reported in several issues of the Cheshire Archaeological Bulletion (SCH965, source 7, see attached library linked composite document), as follows:- Pilot Issue,1973, p.12-13 Issue 2, 1974, p.31-32 Issue 3, 1975, p.55-56 Issue 4, 1976, p.32-33 Issue 5, 1977, p.43-45 Issue 6, 1978-9, p.69-71 Issue 7, 1980-1, p.48-9 Issue 8, 1982, p.54-56 Issue 9, 1983, p.86-7 Issue 10, 1984-5, p.72-3 Similarly, several updates were reported in the Journal of Medieval Archaeology (SCH2131, source 8, see attached library linked composite document), as follows:- Vol XVI, 1972, p.171-2 Vol XVII, 1973, p.153-4 Vol XVIII, 1974, p.189 Vol XIX, 1975, P.233 Vol XX, 1976, p.177 Vol XXI, 1977, p.223 Vol XXII, 1978, P.156 Vol XXIII, 1979, p.249 Vol XXIV, 1980, P.238-9 Vol XXV, 1981, p.187 Vol XXVI, 1982, p.175 A project design to assess the archive generated by the programme of excavation was produced in 1995; it lists the extent of the archive and location thereof. (source 11)