Source/Archive record SCH8124 - Construction of a New Museum Building at Norton Priory, Runcorn, Cheshire. A Programme of Archaaeological Mitigation and Investigation

Report of the results of archaeological investigations in 2015-16 completed prior to the commencement of building work associated with a new museum building at Norton Priory. In order to resolve subsidence issues in the Undercroft floor, deeper excavations resulted in the identification of well-preserved timber building remains, pre-dating the stone buildings of the priory; tree-ring analysis allowed the timbers to be dated accurately to the mid-twelfth century. Elsewhere, surfaces, drains, foundations and other features relating to the stone priory and its subsequent post-Dissolution transition to a large country house, were exposed but generally left undisturbed. The retrieval of finds and the identification of activity relating to previous excavations carried out on the site during the 1970s and 1980s are also of interest.