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| HER Number: | MSH316 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bitterne Manor - Possible Bank/Wall |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4364 1315 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
In 1770, Speed drew a plan of the Bitterne Manor peninsular which showed a "breastwork of earth" along the southern shoreline between the outer and inner ditches of Clausentum. In 1798, another plan of Bitterne Manor seems to indicate a masonry wall in this area. However there is no mention of either a bank or wall at this location in the texts accompanying these plans. If it existed, this bank or wall would probably have been in the area south of the present Quayside Road, and may have been of Roman date.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- HER backup file (new series): MSH336 Shared with MSH302, 316, 338, 452.
- Old Southampton SMR No/Backup file: SU 4313 SE 17
Monument Type(s):
- BANK (EARTHWORK)? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- BREASTWORK? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- TOWN WALL? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- WALL? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Full description
IP 8/9/03: Speed's c1770 plan [1] of the Bitterne Manor peninsular (reproduced as [2] and originally included with [4]) shows/labels a "Breastwork of earth" along the southern shoreline between the outer and inner ditches. There is no mention of this in the text of [4] however and the feature is not shown on plan [3], with the manscript drafts of [4]. In 1798, a plan of Bitterne Manor (?by Englefield) in [5] labels this and other areas as "A", which is keyed as "Thick Walls of Masonry, in some part projecting as much as 20 feet", however there is no mention in the text of [5] of a wall in this area.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH1621 - Map: John Speed. c1770. Plan of Bitterne (manuscript plan of the remains at Bitterne Manor/Clausentum).. Paper. |
| [2] | SSH1620 - Map: John Speed/Miss Ellen Stevens. 1770/1907. Plan of Bitterne shewing remains of the Roman Station of Clausentum - Map probably AD 1770.. Paper. |
| [3] | SSH1622 - Unpublished document: John Speed. c1770. Rough annotated plan of the Bitterne Manor peninsular, showing the Inner and Outer Ditch and some structures.. |
| [4] | SSH821 - Bibliographic reference: John Speed (Ed ER Aubrey). c1770 (1909). The History and Antiquity of Southampton with some conjectures concerning The Roman Clausentum. Ch XVI (pp 140 - 148) |
| [5] | SSH1134 - Article in serial: ?HC Englefield. ?1798. Clausentum, Now Bitterne, With an accurate Mensuration and Plan.. Hampshire Repository, Vol I, 1798. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH1366 - Rough Field Survey of the Roman Remains at Bitterne Manor in 1770
- ESH1368 - Surveys and Descriptions of the Bitterne Manor peninsular between 1798 and 1800
Related records
| MSH297 | Child of: Bitterne Manor - site of the Roman settlement (possibly known as Clausentum) |
Associated Links: None recorded
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