ST NICHOLAS PRIORY , Investigation History

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1930's Excavation ST NICHOLAS' PRIORY

No known finds.

Director of fieldwork

A Everett

**Publications :**
Unpublished report Virtual Catalogue Entry to support E.I. Migration HENDERSON,C./1984/FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY POLICY/1

1971 Excavation ST NICHOLAS' PRIORY, ST OLAVES

Auspices	Exeter Museums Service Archaeological Field Unit (EMAFU)
Funding Body/Financier	Department of the Environment
Finds Holder	Exeter Museums Service
Director of fieldwork	M Griffiths
Archive Holder	Exeter Museums Service Archaeological Field Unit (EMAFU)
Director of fieldwork	J Collis

**Publications :**
Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 16/1972/173

1983- 1984 Excavation ST NICHOLAS' PRIORY

Auspices	Exeter Museums Service Archaeological Field Unit (EMAFU)
Finds Holder	Exeter Museums Service
Archive Holder	Exeter Museums Service Archaeological Field Unit (EMAFU)
Director of fieldwork	J Allan
Director of fieldwork	P O'Hara
Funding Body/Financier	Exeter City Council

**Publications :**
Note Archaeology in Devon, annual report Devon County Council 7/1983-4/17-18
Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 15/1984/318
Interim report Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit reports 1984/ARCHAEOLOGY IN EXETER 1983-4/14-18
Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 28/1984/216

1992 Watching Brief ST NICHOLAS'S PRIORY, MINT LANE

Watching brief was carried out during the excavation of a drain in Mint
Lane.

Auspices	Exeter Museums Service Archaeological Field Unit (EMAFU)
Director of fieldwork	M Hall
Funding Body/Financier	Exeter City Council

**Publications :**
Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 37/1993/254-255

1994 Evaluation MINT LANE

An evaluation trench found further evidence for two back-to-back barrack
blocks aligned NW-SE in the right praetentura, first noted in 1984, as
well as elements of St Nicholas' Priory church. The SW corner of the 14th
century W end of the church and the robbed W wall of a previously unknown
S aisle were recorded.

Auspices	Exeter Museums Service Archaeological Field Unit (EMAFU)
Archive Holder	Exeter Museums Service Archaeological Field Unit (EMAFU)
Director of fieldwork	A J Sage
Director of fieldwork	Mark E Hall

**Publications :**
Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 26/1995
Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 39/1995

1998- 1999 Evaluation 21 THE MINT

Evaluation recorded robber trenches for the cloister walls of St Nicholas Priory. The trenches also contained Roman deposits. Work included building surveys.
Funded by Exeter Historic Buildings Trust.
Britannia 30 & Med. Archaeology 43 include incorrect NGRs for this site (SX 91747 92864 & SX 9174 9286 respectively). The NGR used is that of 21 The Mint as shown on OS 1:1250 1968.

Funding Body/Financier	Exeter Historic Buildings Trust
Director of fieldwork	S J Reed
Auspices	Exeter Archaeology
Archive Holder	Exeter Archaeology
Finds Holder	Exeter Archaeology

**Publications :**
Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 30/1999
Full report Exeter Archaeology [assessment & evaluation reports] Parker R/1999/No 21 The Mint, Exeter: archaeological investigations and recording within the main entrance passage.
Full report Exeter Archaeology [assessment & evaluation reports] Parker R/1999/No 21 The Mint, Exeter: further archaeological investigations.
Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 43/1999

1999 Architectural Survey ST OLAVE'S CHURCH, EXETER

Archaeological recording carried out in advance of proposed works on the site of St Olave's Church.

Funding Body/Financier	Parochial Church Council
Auspices	Exeter Archaeology
Archive Holder	Exeter Archaeology

**Publications :**
Full report Exeter Archaeology [assessment & evaluation reports] Parker R W/1999/Archaeological recording at St Olave's Church, Exeter/Report No 99.67.

2001 Architectural Survey 21 THE MINT

Dendrochronological survey undertaken during repair work. The building, formerly part of St Nicholas' Priory, was shown to have been constructed in the mid C15th.

Archive Holder	National Monuments Record Centre
Director of fieldwork	Nigel Nayling
Auspices	English Heritage

**Publications :**
Full report Centre for Archaeology Report series Nayling N/2001/Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from 21 The Mint, Exeter, Devon/Report No 55-2001.

2006 Architectural Survey THE 'TUDOR ROOM', ST NICHOLAS' PRIORY

Archive Holder	Devon Record Office
Director of fieldwork	R W Parker
Auspices	Exeter Archaeology

**Publications :**
Full report Exeter Archaeology [assessment & evaluation reports] Parker R W/2006/St Nicholas' Priory, Exeter. Recroding and Interpretation of the Exposed Masonry of the 'Tudor Room'.