Nielsen, R. and Stephenson, A. (1997). Tanner's Hall, 13-21 Eastcheap, London EC3, City of London. An Archaeological Assessment. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology).

Title:

Tanner's Hall, 13-21 Eastcheap, London EC3, City of London. An Archaeological Assessment

Number of Pages:

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Report

Abstract:

Desk-based assessment of a proposed development site identified that prehistoric material recorded in the area occupied by the city consisted only of unstratified or redeposited artefacts, but that the proposal site had lain close to the focus of early Roman settlement in the area. Evidence from several sites in the vicinity suggested that the earliest Roman activity had consisted of occupation after landscaping of the area, represented by the quarrying of brickearth and gravel and by the dumping of brickearth as levelling deposits. Fire debris resulting from the Boudiccan revolt of AD 60 had been noted on several sites. This may have represented dumps from elsewhere, although it had been recorded in situ, associated with the remains of clay and timber buildings immediately to the east of Tanner's Hall. Intensive redevelopment of the area had occurred in the period between the Boudiccan revolt and the mid-2nd century AD. A forum/basilica had been built to the north of the proposal site in AD 75, and had been replaced by a larger building in c. AD 120. Eastcheap was thought to have represented one of the original axial streets of the 9th-10th century town, although little evidence of Saxon occupation had been recorded in the area. This absence of Saxon material was likely to have been caused by later truncation. Between c. 1200 and 1666, the major street pattern within the city walls was developed and finalised; this was to remain essentially unchanged until the 20th century. None of the buildings at the site had survived the Great Fire of 1666. It was concluded that early Roman stratigraphy was likely to have survived within the single basemented part of the proposal site, but that no horizontal stratigraphy would have survived within the double basemented areas. Deep cut features, such as wells, could have survived within the latter. A small courtyard was thought to have remained relatively undisturbed, and therefore had a high archaeological potential. Any surviving archaeological material would be of significance for research questions specific to this area of the city, and potentially for wider regional objectives, particularly in relation to the prehistoric period. [AIP]

Author:

Robin Nielsen
Angus Stephenson

Publisher:

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)

Year of Publication:

1997

Locations:

Location - Auto Detected:

Tanners Hall

Subjects / Periods:

ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
1200 (Auto Detected Temporal)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
Ad 120 Eastcheap (Auto Detected Temporal)
20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)

Note:

Date Of Issue From: 1997 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: TANNER'S HALL, 13-21 EASTCHEAP
Study area: 0.1ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: City of London
Monument:
Ngr: TQ33028085
Parish:
Postcode: EC3M1BT

Source:

BIAB (Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))

Created Date:

19 Jan 2009