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Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 924368
Hob Uid: 924368
Location : West Sussex Chichester Chichester
Grid Ref : SU8663004660
Summary : Roman Amphitheatre lying outside Roman City of Chichester and visible as an earthwork. The amphitheatre has been surveyed at 1:1250. It has also been recorded from lidar imagery during a doctoral research project. The surviving earthwork is horseshoe-shaped and formed of a bank measuring up to 26 m in width. The earthwork is visible over an area measuring 85 m by 71 m.
More information : (SU86630466) ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE [R] (site of) [NAT] (1) Amphitheatre elliptical in shape approx 185 by 150ft consisting of an inner wall with a bank behind. Probably erected between 70 and 90 AD it appears to have been abandoned by end of the 2nd century and robbed for building materials soon afterwards. (2) Nothing is to be seen of the Roman amphitheatre (3) Wacher indicates that several amphitheatres in Britain are outside the walls of towns and that there is no reason per se while the amphitheatre at Chichester should have been robbed of stone for the construction of the town defences in the 3rd century. The implication being that occupation/use of the amphitheatre may have lasted longer than the excavator suggests. (4) The Roman amphitheatre centred SU86640465 is visible as a sub-circular bank 1.7m high by c 115.0 m in overall diameter with an interior depth of 1.8m. The bank is complete except where it has been destroyed by housing development on the SW side. Surveyed at 1:1250 (5) The amphitheatre was recorded from lidar imagery during a doctoral research project. The surviving earthwork is horseshoe-shaped and formed of a bank measuring up to 26 m in width. The earthwork is visible over an area measuring 85 m by 71 m. (7)

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Source details : OS 1:2500 1964
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Source details : Environment Agency lidar 1m resolution DTM SVF
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Source details : Plan (G M White)
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Source details : F1 PAS 28-MAR-1971
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Source details : F1 PAS 22-SEP-1972
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Amphitheatre
Evidence : Earthwork

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WS 462
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1002984
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External Cross Reference Source : Chichester & District HER Number
External Cross Reference Number : CD2284
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 80 SE 103
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1934-01-01
End Date : 1934-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1935-01-01
End Date : 1935-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-09-22
End Date : 1972-09-22

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1996-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2018-06-01
End Date : 2019-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 924368