A team of archaeologists from Southampton discovered a Roman sacred well buried in the grounds of the old Homewell house (old conservative club building) as preparations are made for an extension. Havant resident Professor Konrad Morgan visited the site and produced the pictures. The lead archaeologist told Konrad they had found animal bones, coins and a ring at the bottom of the well. The coins date from around the 2nd century AD. “It is a real bit of local history. Given the Anglo Saxon ‘Hamma Funtu’ (Hamma's Font) name linkage to Havant it is entirely possible that this well is the actual sacred site that gave our borough it's name. It is known that Roman sacred sites were adopted by the later Anglo Saxons.
Given that level of importance many towns would have a perspex (transparent) cover put over the Roman well and make it into an historical landmark. However under the supervision of the County Archaeologist the well was protected and capped. The find will remain beneath the new building for future archaeologists to discover if ever the site is redeveloped.