Young, D. and Batchelor, C. R. (2016). THE MADISON, MERIDIAN GATE, MARSH WALL, LONDON E14 Environmental Archaeological Assessment Report. University of Reading: Quaternary Scientific (Quest). https://doi.org/10.5284/1076576. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 THE MADISON, MERIDIAN GATE, MARSH WALL, LONDON E14 Environmental Archaeological Assessment Report
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Abstract:		 A geoarchaeological borehole survey and a programme of environmental archaeological assessment was carried out at The Madison site in order to (1) to establish the age of the Peat recorded at the site; (2) to assess the palaeoenvironmental potential of the sequence; (3) to highlight any indications of nearby human activity, and (4) to provide recommendations for further analysis (if necessary). The results of the investigations indicate that the sediments recorded at the site are analogous to those recorded elsewhere in the Lower Thames Valley, with a sequence of Shepperton Gravel overlain by Holocene Alluvium (in places containing Peat), capped by Made Ground. The surface of the Late Devensian Shepperton Gravel at the site is variable, lying at between -3.70 and -1.90m OD; a depression in the Gravel surface towards the centre of the site is consistent with a scour-hollow in the surface of the Pleistocene Gravel, or perhaps erosion associated with a north-south aligned Late Glacial/Early Holocene channel running off the Kempton Park Gravel terrace to the north of the site as hypothesised by MoLA (2014). Within the Holocene alluvial sequence a horizon of woody Peat was recorded at elevations between ca. -1.0 and -0.35m OD, present in thicknesses of between 0.4 and 0.5m and subsequently radiocarbon dated to between 4080-3890 and 3695-3570 cal BP (early to middle Bronze Age). The results of the environmental archaeological assessment revealed that palaeobotanical remains were poorly preserved, and thus only a limited environmental reconstruction of the site could be attempted; the pollen assemblages recorded are typical of herbs and trees growing within a wetland environment, whilst presence of Cereale type pollen may be indicative of the growth of cereals within the nearby vicinity. On the basis of the poor preservation of biological remains at site, no further environmental archaeological analysis was recommended.
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Author:		 Daniel Young ORCID icon
C R Batchelor
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Publisher:		 Quaternary Scientific (Quest)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: The Madison, Meridian Gate, Marsh Wall
County: Greater London
District: Tower Hamlets
Parish: TOWER HAMLETS
Country: England
Grid Reference: 538022, 179765 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PEAT (Monus)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PEAT (Monus)
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OBIB: Quaternary Scientific (QUEST) Unpublished Report April 2016; Project Number 006/16 ©
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Created Date:		 30 Apr 2020