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| HER Number: | MSH81 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Outer town ditch west of the Bargate |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4190 1165 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
An almost complete section was cut across the outer town ditch during an archaeological excavation in Bargate Street/Spa Road in 1956-1958 (SOU 142). The outer/northern edge of the ditch was exposed. (See parent record MSH3424 for further details about this part of the town ditch.)
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- HER backup file (new series): SOU 142 (paper & digital) etc, not yet LibraryLinked
- Old Southampton SMR No/Backup file: SU 4111 NE 4
Monument Type(s):
Full description
SOU 142 (excavation in Bargate Street/Spa Road in 1956-1958):
[1]: An almost complete section was cut across the outer ditch west of Bargate. The first phase of the ditch was at least 3.7m deep and probably about 12.2m wide. It cut two earlier pits, the later of which contained late 13th century pottery (see separate records). The ditch was later made deeper and wider by enlargement to the south, leaving a small part of the bottom of the original cut untouched on the north side. There were a series of rounded shallow scoops in the base of the extended ditch. The lowest fills contained pottery from the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century. (Soil samples were taken.)
[2]: Excavation evidence from this site suggested that the outer ditch west of Bargate was being filled in about 1512-14, possibly from material derived from the cleaning of the inner ditch.
(See also 1957 Echo reports [3] to [7] for SOU 142.)
(GIS: very rough polygon for SOU 142. IP 20/4/02)
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH508 - Monograph: C Platt and R Coleman-Smith et al. 1975. Excavations in Medieval Southampton 1953 - 1969, Vol 1: The Excavation Reports. page 142, page 145/6 |
| [2] | SSH519 - Serial: M Hughes (ed), Hampshire County Council. 1987. Archaeology in Hampshire Annual Report for 1986. pp26-29 |
| [3] | SSH4785 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Norman pottery discovered in latest Soton 'dig'.. Daily Echo, 27 September 1957. |
| [4] | SSH4787 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Their dig may fill gaps in Soton history.. Daily Echo, 14 August 1957. |
| [5] | SSH4788 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Soton 'dig' yields up 300-year-old secrets.. Daily Echo, 24 August 1957. |
| [6] | SSH4789 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Will you help to disinter the past?. Daily Echo, 29 June 1957. |
| [7] | SSH4793 - Article in serial: Echo reporter. 1957. Medieval trade in So'ton.. Daily Echo, 18 April 1957. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH142 - Excavation in Bargate Street/Spa Road in 1956-1958 (Ref: SOU 142)
Related records
| MSH3424 | Child of: Town Defences - outer town ditch |
| MSH638 | Peer (All Groups): Bargate Street/Spa Road Area - High and Late Medieval Evidence |
| MSH637 | Peer (Chronological): Bargate Street/Spa Road Area - Late Saxon and Early Medieval Evidence |
Associated Links: None recorded
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