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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT MULBERRY UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (UTC) 64 PARNELL ROAD BOW, LONDON, E3 A POST-EXCAVATION ASSESSMENT AND UPDATED PROJECT DESIGN REPORT |
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| Abstract: |
The excavations have revealed evidence of Roman activity which had been suggested by previous evaluation and watching brief. The only evidence of prehistoric activity was a sherd of Bronze Age pottery and two struck flints. Post-medieval activity was found associated with Victorian terraces which previously occupied the site. No prehistoric features were recorded during excavations, despite these being common on surrounding sites. The earliest features comprised four pits dated to the 1st century AD; these features are of uncertain function, possible for gravel extraction or planting pits. One of the pits was cut by Roman boundary ditch running perpendicular to the London to Colchester Roman road just to the north. The northern portion of this ditch contained significant amounts of Late Roman pottery while the southern part contained Early Roman remains; these earlier finds could be residual or it could indicate a later recut further north. These features contained some domestic finds as well as small amounts of building material which that suggest structural remains lay relatively nearby. The environmental remains indicate the ditches were probably not part of an agricultural field system or associated with industry; rather they likely represent land division on the boundary of the roadside settlement. The presence of small amounts of undiagnostic cremated bone could be related to the Roman roadside cemetery known to have existed close by. The Roman remains were overlain in part by topsoil which was found during previous works to contain Roman finds. No significant activity was recorded on site until the latter half of the 19th century when cartographic evidence shows a row of terraced housing was built on site. Remains of these houses, the boundary walls and an associated well were recorded during the excavations although the majority of these remains had been removed during the construction of the later phases of fire station. |
| Author: |
I Hogg
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Archaeology South-East
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| Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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| Year of Publication: |
2017
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Mulberry University Technical College, 64 Parnell Road |
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Greater London |
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Tower Hamlets |
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BOW |
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England |
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Grid Reference: 537000, 183520 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol6-267025 |
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ASE Report No: 2016422 |
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A4 Report
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07 Apr 2020 |
