Laurence Keen

Laurence Keen began his professional career in archaeology carrying out excavations on monuments in state guardianship in advance of their conservation and display, including Mount Grace Priory where he examined seven cells and their gardens in the great cloister. He was appointed Director of the Southampton Excavation Committee in 1973, and County Archaeologist for Dorset in 1975. A consultant archaeologist, he is an international authority on medieval floor tiles. In 2000 he was awarded the OBE for services to archaeology.