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13th-Century St. Clare’s Convent Found Beneath Soccer Field

9/7/2026

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ROMU museum announced discovery of a 13th-century St. Clare’s Convent beneath a soccer field.
Curator Jesper Langkilde reported ground-penetrating radar detected a well-preserved complex one meter underground.
Radar images showed rooms, columns, cloisters and a southern-wing church within the buried convent.
Researchers plan trial excavations at the proposed underground parking site in Roskilde.
Langkilde expects excavations to uncover pottery, animal bones, pendant crosses, rosary beads and possible burial identities.

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ROMU museum announced discovery of a 13th-century St. Clare’s Convent beneath a soccer field.
Curator Jesper Langkilde reported ground-penetrating radar detected a well-preserved complex one meter underground.
Radar images showed rooms, columns, cloisters and a southern-wing church within the buried convent.
Researchers plan trial excavations at the proposed underground parking site in Roskilde.
Langkilde expects excavations to uncover pottery, animal bones, pendant crosses, rosary beads and possible burial identities.