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Conduit Head, Commercial Road is a structure associated with the medieval water supply infrastructure of Southampton. The monument represents part of the piped water system that served the town, dating to the medieval period when Southampton was an important port and trading centre. Such conduit heads functioned as the source points for gravity-fed water distribution networks, supplying fresh water to public fountains and domestic users within the urban area. The survival of this feature provides archaeological evidence of medieval urban engineering and the sophisticated management of resources in a major medieval commercial settlement.
Conduit head, Commercial Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001894. View the official record →
Conduit Head, Commercial Road is a structure associated with the medieval water supply infrastructure of Southampton. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001894.
Conduit head, Commercial Road is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1001894.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 400m south of Stonyford Pond (8.7 km), Moated site, fishponds and associated settlement site, 200m west of Holbury Manor (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 600m south-west of Stonyford Pond (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Conduit head, Commercial Road's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Conduit head, Commercial Road stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.