Stricklands, Chapel Road, Southampton (OASIS ID wessexar1-92058)

The fieldwork comprised of an archaeological excavation of the footprint of the proposed building. A total of four archaeological features were identified within the Site. These comprised two ditches and two inter-cutting pits. Two Saxon rubbish pits contained material associated with the disposal of both general domestic waste and cess material, and possibly industrial waste; the latter suggested by moderate quantities of slag retrieved from the fills of the pits. Although no dating evidence has been recovered, it is likely that the two ditches identified as lying perpendicular to the extant street frontage, represent post-medieval property boundaries.

本次野外工作包含对拟建建筑基底开展的考古发掘。本次发掘区域内共识别出4处考古遗迹，分别为2条沟壕与2座相互叠压的坑穴。2座撒克逊时期的垃圾坑中出土了与一般生活垃圾、粪坑污物处置相关的遗存，同时可能包含工业废弃物；该工业废弃物的相关线索可从坑填土中提取的中等体量炉渣得到佐证。尽管未发现年代测定相关遗存，但根据其与现存街道立面垂直的分布特征，这2条沟壕大概率为中世纪后期的地产界沟。