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Archaeological Observation, Investigation and Recording Report: The Old Town Hall, St Albans, Hertfordshire |
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KDK Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
During April and May 2015 an archaeological observation and recording project was undertaken during investigative works at The Old Town Hall, St Albans, Hertfordshire, in order to inform development proposals for the conversion of the café within the Town Hall to a museum and the construction of an art gallery. The investigative works entailed the excavation of five test pits within the northern end of the building, which was constructed on a previously occupied site in 1829, and the drilling of two boreholes outside. The test pits revealed the brick foundations for the town hall, a series of backfill/made-ground deposits and a possible Victorian brick culvert. One of the test pits also revealed a section of medieval clunch walling forming part of the foundations along with two pieces of architectural stone. Whether the stonework may have been associated with the medieval Moot Hall that is thought to have stood on the site before it was granted to John Clarke to construct a row of almshouses in 1605 is uncertain. Despite archaeological and documentary evidence for medieval and post-medieval activity in the area, no archaeological finds, feature or deposits were encountered during the borehole drilling. |
Author: |
Carina Summerfield-Hill
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Publisher: |
KDK Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
St Albans City and District UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Old Town Hall |
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Herefordshire |
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St Albans |
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ST ALBANS |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 514754, 207247 (Easting, Northing)
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kdkarcha1-198141 |
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093/SAT /2 |
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36 pages
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Created Date: |
09 Nov 2018 |