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| HER Number: | MSH3386 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument element |
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| Name: | Hamtun Street - site of castle motte ditch (part) |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4194 1139 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
A fill of broken brick was observed below Hamtun Street and a few metres north of it during an archaeological watching brief on a trench in Hamtun Street and near Castle House in 2003 (SOU 1242 Trench 2). This location corresponds to the line of the motte ditch of the former Southampton Castle. (The cut of the ditch was not observed.) (See MSH3403 for parent record for the entire castle motte ditch.)
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: None Recorded
Monument Type(s):
- CASTLE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1618 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1618 AD)
Full description
SOU 1242 Trench 2 (watching brief on a trench in Hamtun Street and near Castle House in 2003):
[29]: This trench revealed a fill of broken brick below Hamtun Street and a few metres north of it, which coincides with the line of the ditch of Southampton Castle. To the north of that, was a brickearth deposit may be part of the castle mound or possibly the layers that lay beneath it (see record for mound).
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH2224 - Archaeological Report: MP Smith. 2003. Report on the archaeological watching brief on a new electricity cable between Castle House, Castle Way, and Simnel Street, Southampton.. SOU 1242. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH1482 - Watching Brief on an electricity cable in Simnel Street/Castle Way in 2003 (Ref: SOU 1242)
Related records
| MSH3403 | Child of: Southampton Castle - Motte Ditch |
Associated Links: None recorded
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