EDO4888 - Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, installation of an emergency power supply; observations and recording 2006

ASI Heritage Consultants conducted an archaeological watching brief, in September 2006, during the excavation of shallow groundworks occasioned by installation of an emergency power supply to St Michaels loft at the east end of the Priory Church at Christchurch, Dorset. This revealed disturbed soil layers to a depth of c.350mm below the present ground level and a Purbeck stone pavement at a depth of c. 110mm at the base of the south transept. The latter had been disturbed and relaid in the recent past, but indicates the survival of earlier - possibly medieval - structures adjacent to the church building.