Title: |
14-20 Alie Street and 14-16 North Tenter Street, London E1: Watching brief report |
Series: |
Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was carried out during ground reduction for redevelopment. The ground was reduced down to 9.10mOD (about 4m below the surrounding ground level).It was observed that the site had previously been horizontally truncated throughout, down to naturally-deposited terrace gravels (at or below 9.95mOD; ie, 3m or more below the surrounding ground level). This truncation had probably occurred piecemeal and repeatedly over the course of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, removing all traces of former ground surfaces, floors, and natural subsoil. Apart from two isolated, horizontal (layer-like) deposits that had been laid down on the truncated gravel during the 18th or 19th centuries, probably as ground make-up or levelling deposits during basement construction, only the lower portions of deeply-cut pit features were present. The oldest of the these features was a possibly-medieval pit or trench of undetermined function. The other features were all post-medieval in date, including several pits that probably date to between the 17th and early 18th centuries and two brick-lined wells or cesspits (or in one case a soakage pit) that date to no earlier than the mid 17th-century and no later than the 19th century. |
Author: |
M Tetreau
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Publisher: |
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Greater London HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
14-20 Alie Street and 14-16 North Tenter Street, London E1 |
Parish: |
TOWER HAMLETS |
District: |
Tower Hamlets |
County: |
Greater London |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 533881, 181133 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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AMPHORA
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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FLOOR TILE
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROOF TILE
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROOF TILE
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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Early 18th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
18th 19th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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WATCHING BRIEF
(Event)
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17th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
18th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
19th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
client report
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |