Young, D. (2018). BARRATT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, GILLENDER STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS Report on the Geoarchaeological Field Investigations. University of Reading: Quaternary Scientific (Quest). https://doi.org/10.5284/1076622. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	BARRATT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, GILLENDER STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS Report on the Geoarchaeological Field Investigations
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1076622
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Report (in Series)
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The aim of the geoarchaeological investigations at the Barratt Industrial Estate site was to (1) clarify the nature of the sub-surface stratigraphy across the site, in particular the presence, depth, extent and likely date of any former land surfaces, alluvial and peat deposits; and (2) evaluate the potential of the sedimentary sequences for reconstructing the environmental history of the site and its environs. In order to achieve this aim, a programme of geoarchaeological fieldwork and deposit modelling of the surface elevation and thickness of the major stratigraphic units at the site was carried out, incorporating logs from previous geotechnical boreholes and records from two new geotechnical boreholes observed by a geoarchaeologist. Overlying the London Clay bedrock at the site is a sequence of Devensian Kempton Park Gravel, and variable thicknesses of Made Ground, which in places has truncated the sequence significantly. No alluvium was recorded in any of the geotechnical boreholes at the site, and in all cases the Gravel is directly overlain by Made Ground. The palaeoenvironmental potential of the sequences at the site is therefore considered to be negligible. With regards to its archaeological potential, the site occupies an area on the margins of the floodplain of the River Lea, and it would most likely have represented an area of higher, drier ground that might have been an attractive location for human activity. However, any archaeological potential may be significantly limited by past development impacts at the site, since the modern Made Ground lies directly on the Gravel and is likely to have truncated the sequence in places. The Gravel within the area of the site is considered to represent the Devensian Kempton Park Gravel, and with regards to the site's Palaeolithic archaeological potential, no Palaeolithic artefacts appear to have been recorded anywhere from the Kempton Park Gravel (see Wymer, 1999, Map 9).
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Daniel Young
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Quaternary Scientific (Quest)
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Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2018
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Barratt Industrial Estate, Gillender Street County: Greater London District: Tower Hamlets Parish: TOWER HAMLETS Country: England Grid Reference: 538190, 182150 (Easting, Northing)
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Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: quaterna1-321163 OBIB: Quaternary Scientific (QUEST) Unpublished Report July 2018; Project Number 070/18
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