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| HER Number: | MSH934 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument element |
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| Name: | Upper Bugle Street - below-ground evidence |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4188 1141 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
In 1986, a watching brief took place on a trench dug in Upper Bugle Street, just west of Castle House (SOU 275 tree pit). A substantial, roughly north-south aligned, mortared stone footing was found. It was overlain by stone and brick rubble. A north-south brick wall footing was also found. The stone wall may be part of the medieval castle.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- HER backup file (new series): SOU 275 Paper and digital - not yet LibraryLinked
- Old Southampton SMR No/Backup file: SU 4111 SE 143
Monument Type(s):
- CASTLE? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- WALL (Built, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- DEMOLITION DEBRIS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- WALL (Built, Post Medieval to Second World War - 1540 AD? to 1940 AD?)
Full description
SOU 275 (watching brief on three trenches in Upper Bugle Street in 1986):
[1]: The digging of a tree pit was observed; it was dug just west of the Castle House flats in Upper Bugle Street. A substantial, roughly north-south aligned, mortared stone footing was found, overlain by rubble with brick, etc. This was east of and below a north-south brick wall footing. All were below a sequence of 20th century road/pavement surfaces.
([2][4], the other sources for SOU 275, do not mention the tree pit trench.)
SCC HER 2/12/09: The wall may have been part of Southampton Castle. The layout of the castle in this area is very uncertain, although there may have been a barbican in front of the south gate in this area.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SSH1994 - Excavation archive: SOU 275 Site Archive. Site notes and sketches |
| [2] | SSH520 - Serial: The Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1987. Medieval Archaeology, Vol 31, 1987 (for 1986). p 140 |
| [3] | SSH1995 - Map: I Peckham. 1997. Locations of SOU 275 trenches, plotted from site archive sketches (on photocopy of part of OS map SU 4111 SE 1992).. Paper. 1:1250. |
| [4] | SSH519 - Serial: M Hughes (ed), Hampshire County Council. 1987. Archaeology in Hampshire Annual Report for 1986. p41 |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESH275 - Watching Brief on three trenches in Upper Bugle Street in 1986 (Ref: SOU 275)
Related records
| MSH23 | Child of: Former Southampton Castle |
| MSH821 | Peer (All Groups): Upper Bugle Street - Stone Wall |
Associated Links: None recorded
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