Historic Buildings Survey
TCA has an ongoing project to record the features of the buildings in Church Street and Castle Street, in particular where they back onto the grounds of Christchurch Castle. Sources record that in the time of the Civil War, the Castle ditch was recut as part of the fortifications,and houses were demolished to improve the field of fire for artillery mounted on the motte.
Our survey is aimed particularly at examining the cellars of these buildings (if still accessible) to determine whether evidence of the original ditches or the recut ditches remain.
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