Lerz, A. (2014). River Plate House, 7-11 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2, Post-excavation Assessment. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.5284/1042464. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 River Plate House, 7-11 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2, Post-excavation Assessment
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Series:		 Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The excavation area was located in the south-east part of the basement and was found to be heavily truncated by modern construction trenches on all sides, leaving a small island of in situ deposits. Overlying the natural gravels were a sterile gravelly brickearth and a fine sandy silt which may be waterlain, perhaps deposited by a tributary of the Walbrook. Both deposits were capped by a thin but compacted metalled gravel surface defined at 9.17m OD. This was overlain by a stiff mid grey clay which in turn was overlain by soft and friable organic peaty silt. The composition of these deposits suggests that they are waterlain, indicating flooding and the formation of the marsh deposits that accumulated in this area during the late Roman and medieval periods. The site was used as an open space and from the Tudor period it was increasingly reclaimed with dumps of earth raising the surface level in order to dry out the area. Sandy silt dumps overlying the marsh may represent this ground- raising activity. These deposits were cut by a pit, the backfill contained pottery of 18th century date and represents the latest activity identified on the site.
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Author:		 A Lerz
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Publisher:		 MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: River Plate House, 7-11 Finsbury Circus
County: Greater London
District: City of London
Parish: CITY OF LONDON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 532835, 181705 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PEG TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) HARD STANDING (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MARSH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) MARSH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RECLAMATION (Monus)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: molas1-170646
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017