Monument record MDO8743 - Bank Close, High Street, Christchurch; medieval oven

Observations during the construction of a car park in Bank Close, Christchurch, during 1980, revealed an oven-like structure about 3m long and 1m deep. It contained some white vesicular material and almost all of a medieval green glazed tripod jug. The oven was built into the rear of a bank associated with the 12th-13th century medieval ditch A.

SZ 15699280. An oven-like structure, 3.0m long and 1.0m wide was excavated during construction of a car-park. It was built into the bank associated with the defensive ditch (SZ 19 SE 100). A Medieval green-glazed jug was incorporated into the structure as a compact pile of sherds (Jarvis 1983).

Archaeological observations were carried out during levelling for the construction of a car park at Bank Close, Christchurch, during 1980. These observations were subsequently published as a short note in DNHAS monograph 5 (Jarvis 1983) and subsequently in the Dorset Proceedings (Jarvis 1987).

The observations revealed an oven-like structure about 3m long and 1m deep. It contained some white vesicular material, considered to be fused wood ash, and almost all of a medieval green glazed tripod jug. The oven was built into the rear of a bank associated with the 12th-13th century medieval ditch A. The jug has been donated to the Red House Museum.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 884828 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Jarvis, K S, 1983, Excavations in Christchurch 1969-80, 52 (Monograph). SWX4028.

Jarvis, K S, 1987, Christchurch; High Street. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 134 (Article in serial). SDO10163.

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