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| HER Number: | MSH821 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument element |
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| Name: | Upper Bugle Street - Stone Wall |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4188 1141 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
Trenches were excavated on the east side of Upper Bugle Street in 1953, just north of what is now Hamtun Street (SOU 130). In one trench a limestone wall was found, about 0.80m wide and possibly aligned east-west. It may have been of medieval date, part of Southampton Castle.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old Southampton SMR No/Backup file: SU 4111 SE 72
Monument Type(s):
- CASTLE? (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1618 AD?)
- WALL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
SOU 130 (Site 1, Upper Bugle Street) (excavation on the east side of Upper Bugle Street in 1953):
[1] in [2]: The ground level had been reduced to the natural gravel in the modern period. A wall was found, possibly medieval, founded on a limestone base; it was about 0.80m wide. It lay between the north edge of the backfilled castle ditch (MSH3403) and a large trench or pit thought to be the robbed foundation trench of the castle bailey wall (MSH822).
SCC HER 2/12/09: The wall appears to have been aligned east-west. It appears to be just east of stone wall MSH934 which is perhaps the same wall. The wall is in the area of the possible barbican in front of the south gate of Southampton Castle, although the layout of the castle in this area is very uncertain.
GIS: position of wall very roughly estimated using figures 33 and 34 of [1]. IP 30/6/04
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH1015 - Bibliographic reference: MR Maitland Muller with DM Waterman. 1975. The Excavations, 1953 - 1955.. P&CS: Excavs in Med Soton 1953-69, Vol 1. pp 127 (figure 33), 129, 130 (figure 34) |
| [2] | SSH508 - Monograph: C Platt and R Coleman-Smith et al. 1975. Excavations in Medieval Southampton 1953 - 1969, Vol 1: The Excavation Reports. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH130 - Excavation on the east side of Upper Bugle Street in 1953 (Ref: SOU 130)
Related records
| MSH23 | Child of: Former Southampton Castle |
| MSH934 | Peer (All Groups): Upper Bugle Street - below-ground evidence |
Associated Links: None recorded
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