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POWELL, ANDREW B., CHALLINOR, DANA, COOKE, NICHOLAS, HIGBEE, L., LEIVERS, MATT, MEPHAM, LORRAINE, SCHUSTER, JÖRN, SEAGER SMITH, RACHAEL, STEVENS, CHRIS J., WYLES, SARAH F. |
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Hampshire Studies (1368-2709); 2015, Vol. 70, p63-101, 39p |
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An excavation and watching brief at Abbotts Barton, Winchester, revealed a short section of Roman road, comprising a metalled surface flanked by two ditches 24m apart. This lies almost 200m east of the often presumed line of the Winchester-Silchester Roman road along Worthy Road. However, it lies almost precisely on a line projected between the sections of road excavated outside the Roman town's north gate at Hyde Street, a length of 'ancient causeway' on the west bank of the River Itchen followed by the Nun's Walk (part of the Pilgrims' Way), and the A33 Basingstoke Road which is known to follow the line of the Roman road. Subsequently, in the early/middle Anglo-Saxon period, probably in the 6th/7th century, a settlement was established beside the Roman road, between it and the edge of the River Itchen floodplain, remaining in occupation possibly into the 9th century. The full extent of the settlement is not known, but the exposed area was divided into a southern part containing five sunken-featured buildings, and a northern part containing at least three post-built buildings (and other post-built structures) and a further sunken-featured building. One sunken-featured building contained large numbers of ceramic loomweights associated with evidence of burning, possibly of floor timbers and a loom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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