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| HER Number: | MSH3396 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument element |
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| Name: | Albion Place/Castle Way - part of castle bailey bank or rampart |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4192 1150 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
Remnants were found of the castle bailey bank/rampart against the outside of the castle bailey wall during an archaeological excavation at Albion Place in 1959/60 (SOU 148 - The Castle Site 4). The bank survived to a height of 0.90m. No close dating evidence was found.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old Southampton SMR No/Backup file: SU 4111 NE 31
Monument Type(s):
- CASTLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RAMPART (Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1250 AD?)
Full description
SOU 148 (The Castle Site 4) (excavations at Albion Place in 1959/60):
[1] in [2]: Three trenches were dug, two trenches being aligned in order to get a section across the castle ditch from the bailey wall. Another small trench was dug c11m to the southeast, against the bailey wall. Remnants were found of the bank against the bailey wall, surviving to a height of 0.90m. The bank was built of layers of gravel or orange clay (dug from the ditch). There were no clear signs of a berm between the castle bank and the castle ditch. The bank overlay a turf line (see MSH 640). The turf line, bank and ditch contained no close dating evidence, but the bank and ditch are thought to be the castle's earliest defences. (See fig 54 and fig 55.)
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH1018 - Bibliographic reference: FA Aberg. 1975. The Excavations, 1959 - 1961.. P&CS: Excavs in Med Soton 1953-69, Vol 1. The Castle Site 4 - p177, 179, 184-186. |
| [2] | SSH508 - Monograph: C Platt and R Coleman-Smith et al. 1975. Excavations in Medieval Southampton 1953 - 1969, Vol 1: The Excavation Reports. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH148 - Excavations at Albion Place in 1959/60 (Site 4 - the bailey defences, Albion Place) (Ref: SOU 148)
Related records
| MSH605 | Child of: Southampton Castle - site of the outer bailey bank or rampart |
Associated Links: None recorded
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