SDO10138 - Christchurch, Millhams Street

An archaeological evaluation was conducted by AC Archaeology in June 1999 in advance of redevelopment of land adjacent to Millhams Street, Christchurch, Dorset. The site lies within the defensive circuit of the Saxon burh. The evaluation comprised the machine excavation of three trenches. In Trench 1 a single large pit was excavated, containing medieval pottery. Trench 2 contained a clearly defined N-S aligned ditch which could not be dated. A pair of small pits, a narrow gully and a post-hole were identified in the eastern half of the trench, although their fills were indistinct and it was not possible to establish a stratigraphical sequence for these features. In Trench 3 a clay a timber lined feature at the east end contained post-medieval pottery in its upper fill and may be the remains of an earth closet.