Monument record MDO19362 - Staggs, Christchurch (site X12); medieval features adjacent to structure [S1]

Excavations in the tenement strip at the rear of the High Street frontage, Staggs site (X12) Christchurch, during 1976, revealed evidence for medieval features adjacent to structure [S1] at the SW end of the site. These comprised a 14th-15th century trench [69] and two 13th-15th century gullies [61 & 63] that probably marked the rear fence of a plot fronting on High Street, and several stake holes. These stake holes may relate to a late medieval or earlier structure near structure [S1].

K. Jarvis directed excavations in the tenement strip at the rear of the High Street frontage, Staggs site (X12) Christchurch, during 1976. The results were subsequently published as a short note in DNHAS monograph 5 (1).

The excavations revealed evidence for medieval features adjacent to structure [S1] at the SW end of the site. These comprised a 14th-15th century trench [69] and two 13th-15th century gullies [61 & 63] that probably marked the rear fence of a plot fronting on High Street. These linear features were cut into a late medieval yellow/grey sandy layer.

There were also several stake holes [527, 529 etc] sealed by the late medieval sandy layer. These stake holes may relate to a complex of stake holes [43] near structure S1 and may define a possible late medieval or earlier structure.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 884732 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Jarvis, K S, 1983, Excavations in Christchurch 1969-80, 42-49 (Monograph). SWX4028.

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