Czop, D. and Curwen, I. (2020). ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING REPORT: GROUND CLEARANCE WORKS, NUNHEAD CEMETERY LIMESFORD ROAD, NUNHEAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. Lincoln: Allen Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1100413. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING REPORT: GROUND CLEARANCE WORKS, NUNHEAD CEMETERY LIMESFORD ROAD, NUNHEAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1100413
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Allen Archaeology Ltd (AAL) have been commissioned by the London Borough of Southwark to carry out an archaeological monitoring and recording during ground clearance works along the internal strip of ground along the southeast boundary wall of Nunhead Cemetery on the Limesford Road frontage. Experienced archaeologist monitored the removal of vegetation and carried out recording of all uncovered gravestones. Clearance work was carried out with hand tools only and Idverde team was briefed on how to clear vegetation without damaging gravestones and disturbing burials. Work carried out during the 5 day period allowed to assess the condition of gravestones and their spatial distribution. This in turn will allow to plan any further vegetation clearance and conservation work on the gravestones. The desk-based research and site visit has shown the cemetery to have been one of the more impressive of the 19th century burial grounds across Greater London, as recognised by its Grade II* Registered Park and Garden status. During the archaeological monitoring of the ground clearance works to the east of the Limesford Road entrance, many of the gravestones in overgrown areas appeared to be in-situ and in good condition, however a high number had collapsed or were leaning on other gravestones. Some remain partially obscured by other undergrowth or beneath what appears to be deliberately imported soil. Many of the burials were marked by small headstones of several, apparently standardised, forms, thought to indicate ‘common’ graves. Burials in the cleared area can be divided into two chronological phases. Gravestones located nearer to the path and in the south part of the clearance area mostly date to the Second World War and some of the dates of death can be matched with air raids on London. The rest of the burials date to between 1900 and 1923. Based on the results of the archaeological monitoring, further work on management of this area can be carried out in future. Creation of written record and spatial distribution map of the gravestones will allow location of graves. The decay of the cemetery over time can also be assessed from the produced record.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Dominika Czop Isobel Curwen
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Allen Archaeology Ltd
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2020
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	County: Greater London District: Southwark Country: England Parish: Southwark, unparished area Grid Reference: 535638, 175289 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	WATCHING BRIEF (Event) DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event) CEMETERY (Monument Type England) 20TH CENTURY CEMETERY (Tag) 20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
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