Archaeological fieldwork

House name TA field no. Archaeological summary

Spithurst House

550

An archaeologically significant cut feature was found to dissect natural geology at the base of a single test-pit (c.0.26m. below original ground level). Rapid manual investigation of this feature gleaned burnt sandstone, animal bone and two sherds of early 13th C. pot (including a rim). The precise nature of feature not ascertained. Four 13th-14th C. pot sherds, 30 pieces of 18th-19th C. pottery and four fragments of 18th-19th C. clay pipe were also recovered from the removed overburden.






Tithe Data

Spithurst House & Garden
(Spithurst House)

Ref: B0550
Landowner: Nathaniel Garland
Occupier: Richard Knight
Cultivation: (no data)
A.R.P. 00.1.04

1841 Census

Yes

Tenement Analysis

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Buildings

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Archaeology

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Old Maps

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Further Information

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