Monument MPM1119 - Timber Structure, Eastney Lake

Structure consisting of 64 timbers on the southern side of Eastney Lake. Uncertain date. It has been suggested the site may have been used to dig clay to make bricks, or could possibly be the remains of a medieval or Tudor haven.

Timber structure consisting of 64 timbers whose base level heights range from 0.627 OD to 1.141 OD. The structure forms an inverted 'horse shoe' shape, enclosing a shingle bank on the southern side of Eastney Lake. The original structure would have been much larger, extending southwards beneath the present day Lumsden Road housing estate. It's full extent is shown on the 1898 Ordnance Survey map as the tip of a small enclosed area called 'The Glory Hole'. The enclosed area is probably no deeper than 0.5m - 1m OD, which would limit it's use as a haven. It has been suggested that the site may have been used to dig clay to make the bricks for the building of Fort Cumberland in 1788. Alternatively, the presence of a small and rather indistinct linear feature marked on a 17th century map by La Fabvolliere, might suggest the structure represents the remains of a medieval or Tudor haven.

Langstone Survey Project Number: PI.98 (p.269)

Allen, M J & Gardiner, J et al, 2000, Our Changing Coast 'A Survey of the Intertidal Archaeology of Langstone Harbour, Hampshire' (Bibliographic reference). SPM81.