Chapel, Royal South Hants Hospital, Fanshawe Street, Southampton (SOU1570)

The project was an archaeological building record, to level 2, of a hospital chapel built in 1857-1858 to designs by local church architects Hinve and Bedborough. It was built in Perpendicular style to serve the adjacent Royal South Hants Hospital. The chapel was accessed from the hospital at first floor level, and sat above an undercroft. The interior of the chapel had been much altered by the insertion of new panelling and furnishings in 1898, 1920 and 1923. A significant stained glass window, in memory of Fred Woolley, was inserted into the south window in 1955

Bald Faced Stag, 36 Edward Street, Southampton (SOU1571)

The project was an archaeological building record, to level 2, of the cellar of the Bald Faced Stag public House at 36 Edward Road in the Freemantle area of Southampton. The public house dates from the 1870s when it was known as the "Stag Inn." Stylistic and map evidence suggests that the upper stories may have been rebuilt at some time between 1896 and 1909. The bricks used in the cellar were smaller than those of the ground floor, perhaps indicating that the cellar belonged to the original building phase of the 1870s. The cellar was originally accessed by a brick staircase at the north end, but this was replaced by a wooden stair against the west wall. This change may either have occurred during the refurbishment/rebuilding of about 1900, or when the bar area was reformed, probably in 1965

Southampton's Designated Archaeology Collections

Southampton Arts and Heritage is the final recipient of all archives generated by archaeological fieldwork within the Southampton city boundary. Its role is to store and care for the objects and the paper, photographic and digital records which provide the permanent record of any excavation, watching brief or building recording. Making these objects and records available is also an essential part of the service, and archives can be viewed by appointment. A database of itemised finds, individual objects made of metal, worked bone, worked stone, wood and other materials, is available on the Southampton City Council website. The increasing amount of digital data in archives from archaeological fieldwork presents particular problems for long term archiving. The need to refresh and migrate data presents particular problems with increasing pressure on resources. Working with ADS, who can provide long term archiving, ensures that digital data from fieldwork can be made available to the widest possible audience. Southampton's archaeology collections are designated as of national importance. The strength of the collections lies in the programme of systematic excavations undertaken since the 1960s. These have produced important evidence of everyday life in the medieval town and its Saxon predecessor, Hamwic. There is also increasing evidence of prehistoric activity in the area, and of life in the Roman town of Clausentum, the first urban settlement within the modern city

Archaeological Watching Brief with Option to Excavate at Test Park Community Sports Facility, Lower Brownhill Road, Southampton.

The project was an archaeological watching brief carried out on the construction of a new sports facility at Lower Brownhills Road, Southampton for Southampton Solent University. The natural was gravel overlain by brickearth. The aims of the investigation as defined in the written scheme of investigation were 'principally to determine the presence or absence of human use of the area, and the date, type, state of preservation, and extent of that use; to recover associated objects; and to record such evidence as does survive. In addition the nature, dimensions, and relationship of natural deposits will be noted and recorded' A total of 62 trenches were dug. Prehistoric activity was marked by three ditches, four pits and one posthole. Dating evidence was limited and some of the ditches were probably still functioning into the Roman period. Late Saxon activity was marked by one pit/posthole and four sherds from the subsoil. Medieval activity was marked by a pit and a posthole. Post-Medieval activity was marked by seven ditches, one pit and a posthole. The ditches are earlier than the field divisions shown on the mid-19th century tithe map and presumably pre-date the enclosure of the area

Electricity Transformer House, Ocean Terminal, Southampton (SOU1586)

The project was an archaeological building record, to level 2, of the former Electricity Transformer House, Ocean Road, Eastern Docks, Southampton on behalf of Associated British Ports. The building was constructed in 1950 as part of the Ocean Terminal complex that served the ocean going liners. The main Terminal building was demolished in 1983. The transformer house was built in a streamlined Art Deco style. Three of the original transformer units survived at ground floor level. A secondary use of the building was to provide public access to the Terminal by way of a pair of stairs that lead to a first floor bridge across the road and railway to the first floor of the Terminal building. The stairwells were provided with two toilets at first floor level

Reports and Database from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Shirley Towers and Milner Court, Southampton, SOU 1728, 2016

This collection comprises the project report, written scheme of investigation, and project database for an Archaeology Watching Brief undertaken by the Archaeology Unit of Southampton City Council in September to December 2016 on groundworks for the construction of an energy centre adjacent to Shirley Towers and Milner Court, Southampton

Land at 34-118 Round Hill Close, Townhill, Southampton. Archaeological Evaluation (SOU1759)

The Archaeology Unit of Southampton City Council carried out an evaluation of land at 34-118 Round Hill Close in June 2017 in advance of redevelopment. The site lay on the London Clay and the Portsmouth Sand. The site had been agricultural land for at least 100 years and all six trenches revealed a ploughsoil overlying the natural. A few burnt flints were recovered, indicative of prehistoric activity. A sherd of medieval pottery recovered from the same context on an earlier archaeological watching brief, suggests the ploughsoil dates back at least to the medieval period. The only features were tree disturbances, probably all dating to the 20th century when the site was developed with three blocks of council housing surrounded by landscaped gardens. Given the lack of evidence of significant human activity on the site it is recommended that no further work should be required during the development phase. The archive contains text documents, raster images and an Access database. No finds were retained for the permanent archive. The paper archive and the photographic archive; comprised of black and white negatives and colour slides, were deposited with Southampton City Council Museums archaeological collections

City plan A framework for Southampton's future: draft

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Reports from Archaeological Watching Brief SOU1761 at 269 Wimpson Lane, Southampton, 2017

This collection comprises the Written Scheme of Investigation and the report resulting from a watching brief undertaken by the Archaeology Unit of Southampton City Council at Wimpson Lane, Southampton in 2017

Archaeological watching brief on soil investigations at The Gas Holder site, Britannia Road, Southampton (SOU1677)

Archaeological watching brief on soil investigations at The Gas Holder site exposed London Clay, Wittering Formation, River Terrace gravels and natural brickearth. In the higher southwest part of the site a number of the soil investigations found burnt flint suggesting possible prehistoric occupation