SUMMARY: In a paper in the 2020 issue of Post-Medieval Archaeology Carter Hudgins and Eric Klingelhofer made the case for late 16th-century occupation of the Medieval monastery of Molana by the Elizabethan scientist Thomas Harriot. This present paper considers the evidence they put forward and offers a different interpretation. It is argued here that alterations to the masonry at Molana can mostly be attributed either to maintenance during the active life of the monastery, or to embellishments carried out in the 19th century. The evidence for post-Dissolution occupation of the site is slight, is limited to the church, and is interpreted as 18th-century reuse for religious worship.

摘要：在后中世纪考古学 2020 年一期的一篇论文中，卡特·哈金斯和埃里克·克林格霍夫提出了 16 世纪晚期伊丽莎白时代科学家托马斯·哈里奥特对莫拉纳中世纪修道院的占领。本文考虑了他们提出的证据并提供了不同的解释。此处有人认为，莫拉纳 (Molana) 砌体的改动主要归因于修道院活跃期间的维护，或 19 世纪进行的装饰。该遗址在解散后被占领的证据很少，仅限于教堂，并被解释为 18 世纪重新用于宗教崇拜。