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| HER Number: | MSH2704 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Quayside Road - Roman Defensive Ditch |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4349 1320 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
The probable western edge of the inner defensive ditch around the Roman settlement at Bitterne Manor was found in Quayside Road during a watching brief in 2000 (SOU 1042). The exposed ditch fill was modern.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: None Recorded
Monument Type(s):
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
SOU 1042 (watching brief on the laying of a new gas main on the Bitterne Manor peninsula and elsewhere in 2000):
[1]: In Trench 1 outside 9 Quayside Road was a substantial stone wall, set in a wide foundation trench (wall 041, see MSH2703). The wall lay approximately on the expected line of the late Roman defensive wall and it is thought to be the footings of that wall. East of this, only uncertain evidence was found for the Roman inner defensive ditch known to exist in this area. The probable western edge of the ditch was found about 10m east of the wall, on the property boundary of Nos 11 and 13 Quayside Road. The exposed ditch fill was modern. The eastern edge of the ditch had probably been removed by a modern feature 026.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH101 - Archaeological Report: MP Smith. 2000. Report on the archaeological watching brief on the laying of a new gas main from Northam Gasworks to Peartree Avenue by way of Bitterne Manor, Southampton.. SOU 1042. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH1042 - Watching Brief on a new gas main from Northam Gas Works to Peartree Avenue, via Bitterne Manor in 2000 (Ref: SOU 1042)
Related records
| MSH1741 | Child of: Bitterne Manor - The Inner Ditch/Inner Fosse of Clausentum |
Associated Links: None recorded
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