Home Farm, Harmondsworth Lane, Sipson, London borough of Hillingdon
Museum of London Archaeology, 2011. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000146. How to cite using this DOI
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Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 1035
- ALSF Project Number: 5793
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000146
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
Home Farm is situated to the north of Heathrow Airport, between the villages of Harmondsworth and Sipson). It is bounded to the east by the rear of houses which front onto the west side of Sipson Road, by Harmondsworth Lane to the north, by open fields of Home Farm, Harmondsworth to the west and the rear of industrial premises fronting onto Bath Road and a recreation ground to the south. The site is centred on NGR 150700 177500. The site of Home Farm is located on the northern Taplow terrace of the River Thames, to the north of Heathrow Airport.
The archaeological watching brief/excavation was been commissioned and funded by SITA Waste Systems and Quarry Products in response to English Heritage advice to the Local Planning Authority to determine if there were any archaeological implications to the proposed mineral (sand and gravel) extraction on the site.
A field evaluation was carried out by MoLAS (now MOL Archaeology, MOLA) between 24th August 1998 and 24th September 1999 the results of which were produced in the subsequent Evaluation Report. This document, which also includes the geological, archaeological and historical background of the site, informed the design (Method Statement) for the watching brief/excavation. The Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service, advising the Borough of Hillingdon, reviewed the results of the evaluation, which indicated the presence of significant archaeological features dating to the prehistoric, Roman and medieval periods. It was decided that further work was required within certain areas of the site. Subsequent archaeological excavations/watching briefs were undertaken by the Museum of London Archaeology Service, in October 1999, May 2000, March-July 2001, September-October 2001, May-June 2002, and August-November 2002.
IN 2009 MOLA submitted a project design as an application for funding from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) to English Heritage for the completion of the post-excavation assessment and updated project design for the archaeological investigations at Home Farm.
Digital Archive
The digital archive comprises the final project report:
Hoad, S., Knight, H. and Elsden, N.J. 2010: Home Farm, Harmondsworth Lane, Sipson, London UB7 London Borough of Hillingdon. An archaeological post-excavation assessment and updated project design. Museum of London Archaeology.
