Monument record MDO19358 - Staggs, Christchurch (site X12); structure S3

Excavations in the tenement strip at the rear of the High Street frontage, Staggs site (X12) Christchurch, during 1976, revealed evidence for a timber structure [S3]. This was a rectangular structure 7.4m long and 2.0m wide of post construction probably formed by 18 post holes averaging 0.2m deep. Six sherds from three post holes suggest a 14th-15th century date.

K. Jarvis directed excavations in the tenement strip at the rear of the High Street frontage, Staggs site (X12) Christchurch, during 1976. The results were subsequently published as a short note in DNHAS monograph 5 (1). The excavations revealed evidence for a timber structure [S3]. This was a rectangular structure 7.4m long and 2.0m wide of post construction probably formed by 18 post holes averaging 0.2m deep, the corner posts being [377, 355, 379, 368]. Six sherds from three post holes suggest a 14th-15th century date. The plan is partly symmetrical and suggests a small structure. It is possible to speculate that the post holes form a part, possibly the cross passage, of a larger structure but there is insufficient evidence for further comment. The central area of the site formed a separate plot in the medieval period for which the structures [S2-3] were the main features.

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