| Title: |
135 Park Street, London Borough of Southwark, SE1. An Archaeological Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
53 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The proposed development area was situated in an Archaeological Priority Zone and was currently occupied by offices. No basements existed upon the site. The proposed scheme would involve the construction of a new office building which was to include a single basement which would reach a depth of c.-3/80m OD and a lift shaft which was to be located in the centre of the building which would reach a depth of c.-5.0m OD. The site was located on the layers of peaty alluvium which overlay the Kempton Park Gravel Terrace and the London Clay. There had been no geotechnical survey on the property, but the available evidence suggested that the area was likely to have been marshland during the prehistoric and Roman periods. There was evidence for prehistoric activity in the area and there was a potential for the existence of prehistoric remains within the boundary of the site. In addition, early river or stream channels and deposits of peat, containing important environmental evidence might be encountered. The known distribution of Roman settlement lay some distance to the south and east of the proposed development. During this period occupation was confined to the higher gravel terraces and to a series of sandy islands. The salt marshes occupied by the site would have been flooded at high tide and would not have been used for settlement. The nearest Roman artefacts or sites were situated at least 150m away to the south and east close to the contemporary waterfront. There seemed little reason, therefore, to suppose that remains of this date would have existed on the site. There was no evidence for Saxon activity in the area and during the medieval period the site was located to the south of the settlement in Bankside. However, it was possible that evidence for land reclamation dating to the medieval period may have survived upon the site. Following the reclamation, part of the area was sub-divided into fields and meadows. This suggested that any medieval features found on the site were most likely to consist of drainage ditches and field boundaries, which would probably also be ditches. By the Tudor period settlement had expanded to the south of Park Street, therefore it was possible that evidence of these buildings may have survived upon the site. Subsequent development may have removed areas of the later deposits upon the site, however, as no basements existed on the site the impact of later development would be minimal. To assess the archaeological potential of the site it was recommended that archaeological observations be conducted on any geotechnical works carried out on the site to establish the extent of archaeological survival. This would help in the evaluation of further archaeological works upon the site. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
S Hemley
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| Publisher: |
AOC Archaeology Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Park Street |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
London Clay |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: 135 PARK STREET
Study area: 0.173ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Southwark
Monument:
Ngr: TQ32218038
Parish:
Postcode: SE1 9DU
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
