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Archaeological watching brief at land to the rear of the Vine Inn, High Street, Stockbridge |
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Southampton Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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| Abstract: |
A watching brief was carried out by Southampton City Council Archaeology Unit on 14 March 2017 on land to the rear of the Vine Inn, High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire. The groundworks to be observed had been dug, and some backfilled, before the archaeologist was called in, but the open trenches were examined and a few small sondages were dug to check the stratigraphic sequence.
All archaeological records were made using the Southampton City Council archaeological recording system. The colours of deposits were recorded using the Munsell Soil Color Chart and these are used in this report. The deposits exposed were similar to those exposed on other sites in Stockbridge, with layers of river gravel and peat, overlain by post-medieval make-up deposits. The lack of medieval material from the observations reflects a similar dearth of medieval material from other archaeological work in the town. There are also differences in the deposits seen elsewhere. For instance at the Roxtons site 40m to the west the peat was 1.4m below present ground level rather than the 0.5m at the Vine. This might indicate a situation in the past marked by deep palaeo-channels with the river at a much lower level, whereas the present situation is one of shallow channels with water level close to present ground level. The date of this change is not known, but the layers of silt, soil and chalk rubble found on the various watching briefs in the town all indicate widespread raising of the ground level in the post-medieval period. The recorded late medieval decline of Stockbridge was perhaps due to silting of the river channels, followed by flooding that made the area uninhabitable. A programme of widespread raising of the ground surface in the early post-medieval period was probably required before the town could become prosperous again, and the evidence from the Vine Inn suggests this process continued into the late 18th century. Any evidence of medieval occupation will lie at a greater depth. |
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A D Russel
T Riley
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Southampton City Council Archaeology Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2017
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Test Valley |
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England |
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Hampshire |
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Stockbridge |
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Grid Reference: 435756, 135036 (Easting, Northing)
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southamp2-501780 |
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1296 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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19 May 2022 |
