Russel, A. D. (2023). Report on Archaeological Watching Brief at Upper Shirley High School, Southampton. Southampton City Council Archaeology Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1117078. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Report on Archaeological Watching Brief at Upper Shirley High School, Southampton
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Abstract:		 The Archaeology Unit of Southampton City Council observed groundworks related to the erection of a sports hall with ancillary facilities at Upper Shirley High School, Bellemoor Road, Southampton. The site is in Southampton Local Area of Archaeological Potential 16 and partly lies on River Terrace 4 within the Test Valley, which has produced numerous flint handaxes. The local planning authority asked for an archaeological watching brief on the groundworks. The machining was carried out using a toothless bucket that gave a good finish to the sides and base of the groundworks in the clayey deposits and the trenches did not require cleaning with a trowel, but where potential features were seen the trench edges were cleaned in order to give a better finish for recording and to check for the presence of artifacts. The soakaway trench and many of the deeper foundation pads were over 1.2m deep so those trenches could not be entered. The River Terrace 4 gravels were exposed in the southwest part of the site, but no signs of hominid activity were seen. Gravel was also found in the northeast part of the site, perhaps Head, or possibly River Terraces 6 to 7, but again no artifacts were seen. The gravels were overlain by brickearth. A few features of uncertain date were revealed in the central part of the site. The 1865 Ordnance Survey map shows a cluster of large trees in this location, some apparently following a field boundary, and it is likely that the features were tree throws or root disturbances. The site did provide evidence that allows the boundaries of the Middle/Late Palaeolithic gravels in the Southampton area to be better defined, which will improve understanding of where hominid activity may have taken place
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Author:		 A D Russel
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Publisher:		 Southampton City Council Archaeology Unit
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Other Person/Org:		 Southampton HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2023
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Country: England
County: Hampshire
County: Southampton
District: Southampton
Parish: Southampton, unparished area
Grid Reference: 440624, 114661 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: southamp2-516201
Report id: 1518
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Created Date:		 16 Jan 2024