First draft of the final report on the exacavations at Old Sarum in 1957

Date:
1957
Location:
Old Sarum Castle, Salisbury, Old Sarum, Wiltshire
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Old Sarum, Salisbury, Old Sarum, Wiltshire
Reference:
RP00007
Type:
Report
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Description

The report discusses both excavations in March and November 1957 and what was found during them. The report also contains an article from the "Gentleman's magazine" for 1795 when the mouth of the tunnel collapsed, a key to layers in section in trench B, a small finds list for November, a photograph list, correlation between marks on pot and layers of drawn section, and a pottery list.

Content

This is part of the Volume: RAH02/01 Draft And Published Reports And Plans Of Excavations At Old Sarum In 1957; Undertaken, By Rahtz, To Test The Continuity Of The Curtain Wall Around The Outer Bailey At Old Sarum And To Locate A Tunnel Seen There In 1795; within the Collection: RAH02 Rahtz, P And Musty, A W: Old Sarum, Wiltshire

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Author: Rahtz, P A

Keywords

Curtain Wall, Medieval Castle, Iron Age Multivallate Hillfort, Early Medieval Town, Early Medieval Tunnel