| Title: |
Land at the South of La Sagesse Convent, Romsey, Hampshire. Results of an Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
21 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The evaluation, consisting of nine trial trenches, was undertaken following the granting of outline planning permission for residential development. Although no significant archaeological features were identified, five sherds of medieval pottery were recovered. Two came from an alluvial deposit in Trench 5. This layer probably represented overbank flooding of the River Test in the medieval period which may have been enhanced by dumping. The other three sherds were residual in a post-medieval land drain. A large piece of iron slag within the topsoil of one of the trenches was interesting since evidence of extensive mainly Saxon iron working had been found in the area. The evaluation results were supplemented by the results of two geotechnical surveys. These showed that Valley Gravel formed the base of the present flood plain of the River Test and underlay alluvial and peat deposits across the site, except in the south-east corner where they rose steeply to form the bluff of the terrace edge. It was probable that the gravels were deposited during the Last (Devensian) Ice Age. The overlying peat deposits, although strictly undated, were clearly post-glacial and probably related to Atlantic or Sub-Boreal epochs (Late Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age) rather than Boreal (Early Mesolithic) or Sub-Atlantic (Late Bronze Age onwards). The alluvial deposits overlying the peat were the result of floodplain accumulations probably of prehistoric or later date. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Phil Harding
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| Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2000
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Late Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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EARLY MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Late Mesolithicearly Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2000
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND AT THE SOUTH OF LA SAGESSE CONVENT, ROMSEY
Study area: 1.3ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Test Valley
Monument: FIELD DRAIN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540)
Ngr: SU35052098
Parish: Romsey
Postcode: SO518GX
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
