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| Name: | Pound Lane, Christchurch (site X1); medieval town defences |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| HER Number: | MDO19404 |
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| Last edited: | Feb 17 2011 11:53AM |
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Monument Type(s):
- DITCH (Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD? to 1299 AD?)
- TOWN DEFENCES (Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD? to 1299 AD?)
- TOWN WALL (Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD? to 1299 AD?)
Summary
Excavations at Pound Lane car park in the north-east corner of the Saxon burh and medieval town of Christchurch, during 1970-1, revealed the foundations of a rubble wall inserted into the late Saxon defensive bank. The spread of material from the destruction of the wall was over 4m wide in most places over an exposed length of 25m. Only 5m of the wall were in situ however. A shallow pit below the foundations contained Saxo-Norman pottery suggesting a date for construction of either just before of just after the conquest period. The return of the wall at the NE corner of the town was not found and neither was a terminal turret. Associated with this wall was a V-shaped re-cut of the original late Saxon ditch.
Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Christchurch Central
Sources and Further Reading
| <1> | SWX4028 - Monograph: Jarvis, K S. 1983. Excavations in Christchurch 1969-80. 5. 22-7. |
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