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POD EXTENSIONS, Leighton Road, Bush Hill Park, London |
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Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A watching brief was undertaken between October 2012 and May 2013 to monitor ground works in the gardens of 25 properties. Several Roman ditches on roughly east-west and north-south alignments were seen cutting brickearth and gravels in the vicinity of the conjectured line of Ermine street and the Roman settlement identified during the construction of Landseer Road in 1902 and investigated further by the Enfield Archaeological Society (EAS) over several years. The ditches likely represent drainage and boundary ditches within an agricultural area attached to the settlement. The Roman cut features, also including several waste pits (probably backfilled quarry pits), and Roman agricultural deposits were often seen to have been truncated and disturbed by later ploughing. An area consisting of several layers of compacted gravels and series of infilled cut features seen in the soakaways in two of the most north easterly properties on Leighton Road has been identified as a probable roman road and roadside ditches. This road appears to have passed along a line roughly north northwest-south south east. Roman finds from the watching brief include pottery, several coins and brooches which suggest the site was occupied from the first century AD until at least the fifth. The findings of the watching brief suggests that the settlement was centred to the north west and west of Leighton Road in an area previously identified by EAS. Above the Roman deposits, a series of agricultural deposits including a probable post-medieval ploughsoil were recorded sealing medieval or post-medieval ditches. |
Author: |
D Harrison
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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: |
2015
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Locations: |
Site: |
POD EXTENSIONS Leighton Road |
County: |
Greater London |
District: |
Enfield |
Parish: |
ENFIELD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 534145, 195650 (Easting, Northing)
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Note: |
A4 Bound client report
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |