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Archaeological Watching Brief on the Drainage Project, The Common, Southampton |
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Southampton Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
Southampton City Council Archaeology Unit was commissioned to carry out a watching brief with option to excavate on groundworks associated with a drainage scheme on Southampton Common, Southampton. The works consisted of clearing out historic ditches and digging new ones. The route was originally a stream, shown on 19th century maps, that ran from a spring on the northeast part of the common to the southeast of the Cut-thorn, and then ran to the southwest to join the Rollesbrook. The archaeological work was principally a watching brief where an archaeologist observed others excavating. The archaeologists were only able to watch parts of the excavations as they took place on an ad hoc basis and the excavating team were unable to keep the archaeologists informed of progress. Two spreads of burnt flint and charcoal were disturbed by the works. They are considered to be burnt mounds that date to the prehistoric period and mark the sites of where cooking took place close to a stream. The rest of the spreads of burnt flints remain in-situ. An Edwardian jam jar recovered from one ditch may relate to military activity leading up to and during the First World War. |
| Author: |
M Garner
P Cottrell
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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: |
2024
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England |
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Hampshire |
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Southampton |
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Southampton |
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Southampton, unparished area |
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Grid Reference: 441686, 114281 (Easting, Northing)
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southamp2-530002 |
| Report id: |
1137 |
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| Created Date: |
10 Jul 2025 |
