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Lords Hill Outdoor Recreation Centre, Redbridge Lane Southampton, Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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The proposed evaluation strategy was for the excavation of two sets of trenches. Set One comprising the initial excavation of 12 trenches 20m long by 1.8m wide and located outside of and around the edge of the sport pitch footprints. The Set One trenches would ascertain the impact that previous quarrying may have had on the site and determine the need for and scope of any further trenches (Set Two) that maybe required in consultation with SCCHET. If the Set One trenches showed that the site has not been totally affected by quarrying, a second set (Set Two) of 20m long by 1.8m wide trenches would have been excavated, up to a maximum of 24 further trenches. The Set Two trenches would be positioned on varying alignments within the pitches to be affected by the proposed groundworks and the location and number of trenches required would be agreed in consultation with SCCHET
Excavation commenced as proposed with the excavation of 20m long trenches and started with Trench 4. It soon became clear that substantial amounts of made ground construction rubble and materials were present within the trench along with the presence of a bad egg odour indicating the presence of Hydrogen Sulphide and a black vertical stain indicating the presence of hydrocarbons and associated odour along with the presence of an old car exhaust. Three c. 2m long x 1.2m deep test pits were excavated within the footprint of Trench 4. Following consultation with SCCHET, SCC Landscape and Development Manager and Contaminated Land Officer it was agreed that as per Trench 4 a test pit would be excavated at either end of the proposed Set One trench locations and where made ground was still found to be present to a depth of 1.20m then no further excavation within the trench footprint would be required. Each test pit would also immediately be backfilled following completion of its excavation and recording. The aim of this methodology was to minimise the excavation of obvious modern made ground (landfill) and potential contaminated ground particularly if this should prove to be domestic waste.
The undertaken fieldwork therefore comprised of the excavation of 24 test pits located within the footprints of (TR1-4, 6-12) and 1 no 20m x 1.8m trench (TR5) along the line of the original 12 planned trenches in the locations shown on the attached plan (Fig. 2). This was undertaken as set out in 4.2, with the approval of Southampton City Council Historic Environment team (SCCHET). Trenches were set out on OS National Grid (NGR) co-ordinates using Leica GPS and surveyed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 4 Survey Manual. An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in May 2015 at Lordshill Recreation Ground, Nursling Southampton. Twenty four test pits and one trench were machine excavated during the course of the evaluation.
The trenches were not targeted on any archaeological anomalies but were distributed across the proposed development in order to assess the archaeological potential across as wide an area as possible.
No archaeological features, deposits or finds were recovered during the course of the excavation. Trenches 1-12 consisted of made ground of building rubble and other waste materials (but non domestic waste) to a depth of below 1.2m at which point excavation ceased as this lay beyond the depth of the proposed development impact.
It had been anticipated prior to the start of works, that made ground and truncated natural might be found throughout the site due to its possible history as a gravel quarry and subsequent landfill. The results of the evaluation confirmed this, and indicate that the potential for the survival of archaeological remains across the site is unlikely due to the impact of quarrying and subsequent landfill. |
| Author: |
R Kennedy
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| Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2015
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England |
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Hampshire |
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Southampton |
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Southampton, unparished area |
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Grid Reference: 437939, 115639 (Easting, Northing)
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cotswold2-507320 |
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15253 |
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| Created Date: |
03 Jul 2023 |
