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| HER Number: | MSH3410 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Southampton Castle - barbican in front of South Gate |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4187 1141 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
There may have been a barbican outside the South Gate of Southampton Castle. Its outline may have survived in a parish boundary on the 1846 map.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record (ex OS Antiquity Record): SU 41 SW 4
- National Monuments Record (ex OS Antiquity Record): SU 41 SW 96
Monument Type(s):
- CASTLE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1618 AD)
- BARBICAN? (Built, Medieval - 1378 AD to 1388 AD)
- BARBICAN? (extant, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1378 AD? to 1618 AD?)
Full description
See Parent Record MSH23 for a summary of the documentary and excavation evidence for Southampton Castle, a discussion of the development of the Castle derived largely from [1], and a full list of sources. Some additional documentary evidence is included on this record. The references/evidence below are in chronological order.
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SCC HER: The existence of a barbican in front of the Castle South Gate is currently conjectural.
[2]: The Castle South Gate is shown (but not named), and possibly a structure in front of it.
[5]: not checked (currently unavailable to HER).
[4] (also [3]): NMR. Shows site of Barbican, referencing [5].
[1]: (The main publication for Southampton Castle. Barbican not mentioned or shown on plans.)
[6]: Popular booklet. Barbican in front of South Gate shown as a possible structure on the Third Phase plan (late 14th century). It is shown with a gate at the west end. Barbican protecting the South Gate. (Source/evidence not discussed.)
SCC HER: The shape of the parish boundary on the 1846 map [7], and perhaps the 1870 [8] “ward boundary”, may provide evidence for a barbican in front of the South Gate. This is discussed on the castle parent record MSH23. This has been used to plot the possible barbican in the GIS. It may have been used when compiling [6]. The arched gateway mentioned by Englefield [9][10] (probably Davies’ [11] source) could be the south gate or a gate in the barbican; its exact position is unclear.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH516 - Monograph: J Oxley (ed). 1986. Excavations at Southampton Castle. Southampton Archaeological Monograph 3. |
| [2] | SSH681 - Map: Speed. 1596/1611. Speed's Map of Southampton published 1596 and 1611 (black and white version). Paper. |
| [3] | SSH2624 - Unpublished document: NMR/OS. 1969-1982. NMR/OS Antiquity Record SU 41 SW 4. |
| [4] | SSH2655 - Unpublished document: NMR/OS. 1969. NMR/OS Antiquity Record SU 41 SW 96. |
| [5] | SSH3199 - Article in serial: PG Stone. 1934. A Vanished Castle. PHFC&AS Vol XII Part 3, 1934, 241-270. |
| [6] | SSH3196 - Bibliographic reference: J Hodgson. 1986 +. Southampton Castle. p 28 |
| [7] | SSH679 - Map: Campbell/Yolland/Royal Engineers. 1846. Plan of the Borough of Southampton surveyed in 1845-6.. Paper. |
| [8] | SSH977 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1870. OS 1870 1:500 series (Sometimes referred to as the 1868 map). Paper. 1:500. |
| [9] | SSH944 - Bibliographic reference: Englefield. 1801. A Walk Through Southampton (First Edition). |
| [10] | SSH782 - Bibliographic reference: Englefield. 1805. A Walk Through Southampton (Second Edition). (Considerably augmented: To which is added, Some Account of the Roman Station, Clausentum.). pp 71-72 |
| [11] | SSH664 - Bibliographic reference: JS Davies. 1883. A History of Southampton. pp 74-75 |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Related records
| MSH23 | Child of: Former Southampton Castle |
Associated Links: None recorded
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