| Title: |
3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1, London Borough of Islington. An Archaeological Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
36 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
As yet the redevelopment plan was unknown. The site was not located within an Archaeological Priority Area but was situated adjacent to two such areas, one in the London Borough of Islington, and the other in the London Borough of Camden. The site did not contain any SAMs or any Listed Buildings. The desk-based assessment showed that the site may have been subject to significant past human activity particularly within the medieval and post-medieval periods. The majority of the evidence from the medieval period related to the presence of Clerkenwell Priory 230m to the east of the site. The area of Clerkenwell developed rapidly in the post-medieval periods; the site appeared to have first been developed in the late 17th early 18th century. However, the geotechnical survey demonstrated that the site lay over a substantial alluvial channel, which was likely to be the River Fleet. Variation in the natural topography and the nature of the overlying strata indicated that the western bank of the river ran across the site with a substantial depth of alluvial deposits lying in the east of the development area. Furthermore, whilst the site had been truncated by basements, natural horizons remained sealed by made ground over part of the site. The depth of the proposed development, which included the construction of new basements, would impact upon any archaeological features cut into the natural gravel horizons and potential archaeological and environmental deposits on the course of the river itself. Given the presence of the western bank of the river Fleet and substantial riverene deposits in the development area it was recommended that an archaeological evaluation be carried out in order to determine the nature of any archaeological and palaeo-environmental deposits that may be impacted upon by the development. [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: |
Fleet |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
London Borough of Islington |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
London Borough of Camden |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
River Fleet |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Late 17th Early 18th Century (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: 3-7 HERBAL HILL
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Camden
Monument:
Ngr: TQ31308212
Parish:
Postcode: EC1R5EF
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
