Event/Activity EPM306 - Archaeological Evaluation at St James' Hospital, Portsmouth, 2025

Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation at St James' Hospital on the 26th and 27th August 2025 on behalf of Vistry Southern to inform a planning application for residential development of the site. A previous evalution had been carried out at the site in 2024 [see EMP295]. A total of three trenches measuring 30m by 1.8m were excavated in the southern part of the site. The only features observed were a natural shallow feature, a modern ditch which cut the topsoil and a square concrete post footing. No archaeological features pre-dating the modern period were encountered.