Report of excavations at Cleeve Abbey in 1988 by L Adkins and R Adkins, including plans, sections, context sheets and catalogues of finds and slides

Date:
9 Dec 1988 - 16 Mar 1989
Location:
Cleeve Abbey, Abbey Road, Old Cleeve, Washford, West Somerset, Somerset
Reference:
RP00002
Type:
Report
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Description

This is the complete original excavation report and (including cover and end pages) totals 127 sheets. It is a mixture of original and copied; manuscript, typescript and printed sheets in different materials. Each section of the report is detailed more fully below. The report is undated but was sent to the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England on the 16th March 1989. The excavations finished on 9th December 1988.

The report consists of (excluding section dividers and end pages): Title pages, Part 1: - Contents (1 page typescript) - Summary and Acknowledgements (3 pages typescript) - Introduction (1 page typescript) - Report (1 page typescript) - Conclusions (2 pages typescript and 2 printed drawings, one plan of Cleeve Abbey showing the location of the trenches and one plan of Trench C) - Catalogue of colour slides (2 typescript pages - refers to 118 negatives catalogued as ADK01/01) - Plans (11 plans of Trench A, pen and ink, on 6 pages of translucent drawing film; 6 plans of Trench B, pen and ink on 3 pages of translucent drawing film and photocopies of two plans of Trench C on ordinary paper: one the same as that in the Conclusions and one copied from MD1009) - Section Drawings (6 sections of Trench A, pen and ink on 4 sheets of translucent drawing film; 4 sections of Trench B, pen and ink on 4 sheets of translucent drawing film and 4 sections of Trench C: two pen and ink on translucent drawing film and two photocopies on ordinary paper of MD1010 and MD1011) - Catalogue of finds (18 typescript pages) Part 2: - List of contents - 62 context sheets, all double sided copies of the inked originals

Content

This is part of the Collection: ADK01 Lesley and Roy Adkins: Cleeve Abbey, Somerset

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Author: Adkins, Roy A

Author: Adkins, Lesley

Keywords

Medieval Abbey, Medieval Cistercian Monastery, Post Medieval Building, Archaeology And Excavations