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| HER Number: | MSH4518 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Houndwell Park (NE corner) - ?fill of former canal |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4219 1186 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
A deposit observed at the NE corner of Houndwell Park, during an archaeological watching brief on a gas main in 2008 (SOU 1467), may have been the backfill of the former canal (MSH622).
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: None Recorded
Monument Type(s):
- CANAL? (Post Medieval - 1790 AD to 1799 AD)
Full description
SOU 1467 (archaeological watching brief on a gas main from Houndwell Park to Bargate Street in 2008):
[1]: Context 6 was a very dark deposit containing brick fragments, recorded in trench 2 at the NE corner of Houndwell Park (fig 8). It overlay natural gravel. It may have been the fill of a feature. The location coincides approximately with the east side of the former canal, as shown on the 1846 map. Context 6 may therefore have been the backfill of the canal, although if so, its thickness (c0.70m) suggests that it was near the edge of the canal.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH3862 - Archaeological Report: PR Cottrell. 2009. Archaeological watching brief at Houndwell Park, Hanover Buildings, Above Bar Street and Bargate Street, Southampton.. SOU 1467. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH1825 - Archaeological watching brief on a gas main from Houndwell Park to Bargate Street in 2008 (Ref: SOU 1467)
Related records
| MSH622 | Child of: Site of canal to the east of the town walls and in Houndwell Park |
Associated Links: None recorded
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