Observation by D W Williams of the digging of floodlight cable trenches south of the standing buildings revealed a number of general levels: featureless brown sandy loam below possibly 16th/l7th century layers below a possible 18th century courtyard surface, itself below a spread of late 19th century stone and brick rubble. At three points adjacent to the sunken garden were observed the substantial footings of stone walls bonded with yellow mortar. Two of these, 1.45m and 1.25m wide respectively, lay 32m apart and were orientated on the Priory; the third was 0.8m wide and its alignment was unclear. Geophysical survey by English Heritage as part of the Monuments Protection Programme failed to locate any evidence for structures south of the standing buildings and found only the outline of a modern parterre. (280)