Monument record MDO8740 - Kings Arms Hotel, Christchurch archaeological watching brief; medieval town defences

A watching brief at the Kings Arms Hotel, Castle Street, Christchurch, during 1985, recorded evidence for the medieval town defences on the east side of the town. This comprised a layer of chalk and mortar [7 & 12] similar to that recorded elsewhere on the line of the town defences. This layer dipped into an area containing ironstone suggesting a ditch that was open when the medieval town wall was demolished or decayed.

K. Jarvis and P. Aitken conducted a watching brief at the Kings Arms Hotel, Castle Street Christchurch, during the excavation of a trench for the underpinning of the front wall in 1985. The results were subsequently published in PDNHAS volume 107 (1).

The watching brief recorded evidence for the medieval town defences on the east side of the town. This comprised a layer of chalk and mortar [7 & 12] similar to that recorded elsewhere on the line of the town defences. This layer dipped into an area containing ironstone suggesting a ditch that was open when the medieval town wall was demolished or decayed.

Jarvis, K S, 1985, Christchurch - Kings Arms Hotel Watching brief. (Unpublished document). SWX7863.

DCC SMR, to 2003, Former DCC SMR Card Index (Index). SWX8285.

<1> Jarvis, K S, 1985, Christchurch - King's Arms Hotel, Watching Brief. site X18; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10160.

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