Excavation

Date February 1978 - October 1978

Event ID 1084964

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NS 790940 Prior to completion of pipe and cable laying across the

access road North of the Overport Battery to a point within the

Queen Anne Gardens four trial trenches were sunk. The first two

trenches yielded largely 18th century material, sealing a series of

earlier tipped deposits. A further two trenches in the vicinity of

the Queen Anne Gardens;- one brought a short stretch of probable

16th century wall foundation to light and the other an 18th century

garden wall and associated cobbled surface.

A fifth area was excavated to the North of the existing flanker

chamber and most of the earlier 16th century flanker wall was exposed,

thus confirming the findings of the earlier phase of excavations

in this area.

C Tabraham 1978

Sponsor: SDD (AM)

Kirkdale Archaeology