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| HER Number: | MSH3120 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Town Defences - site of former tower south of Polymond Tower |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4215 1157 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
The small tower between Polymond Tower and East Gate is known only from documentary evidence. There is some uncertainty as to the date of the tower and adjacent eastern town wall. It could be broadly contemporary with the north town wall – so probably of late 13th century date (1260 to 1291), however a mid-14th century date has also been suggested. In 1454 the tower had two loops. An archaeological excavation was carried out across the former line of the eastern town defences in this area in 1986 (SOU 175 Trench 13). No sign of the town wall or tower was found. The town wall had been demolished when a malt house was built by 1786, and a small cellar had been built on the probable site of the tower. It is not mentioned by Englefield in 1805.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: None Recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Records for the town defences are currently being enhanced and it is intended that further details will be added to this description at a later date. (SCC HER 4/12/09)
Sources / Further Reading
| --- | SSH4787 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Their dig may fill gaps in Soton history.. Daily Echo, 14 August 1957. |
| --- | SSH4788 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Soton 'dig' yields up 300-year-old secrets.. Daily Echo, 24 August 1957. |
| --- | SSH4789 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Will you help to disinter the past?. Daily Echo, 29 June 1957. |
| --- | SSH4790 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. When the town wall was only a bank.. Daily Echo, 8 May 1957. |
| --- | SSH4792 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Forgotten tower relic unearthed by Soton 'dig'.. Daily Echo, 11 April 1957. |
| --- | SSH4794 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Medieval Soton had atmosphere!. Daily Echo, 18 April 1957. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH175 - Excavations at York Buildings (the Bargate Centre) and North Walls between 1983 and 1992 (Ref: SOU 175)
- ESH141 - Excavations on the North-East Defences and Polymond Tower in 1957 (Ref: SOU 141)
Related records
| MSH14 | Child of: Town Defences - town wall, towers and gates |
Associated Links: None recorded
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