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London Borough of Redbridge
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255 - 259 High Road
Ilford, Essex
IG1 1NN
England
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- ADS Collection: 265
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000328
- How to cite using this DOI
Beckton Nursery (HE-BN 94)
Overview
The site was located at the former Beckton Nursery, Newham Way, North Beckton. Two trenches were dug revealing a 3m depth of peat overlying a silty clay, both trenches contained evidence of cultural activity. Two staked brushwood structures were found in Trench 1, one of these being a substantial NE/SW trackway. Trench 2 contained several brushwood features, some of which were probably trackways but others had unknown functions. There was evidence of woodworking in the form of waste wood chips. Also of interest, lower down in the peat deposits of Trench 2 were several fallen yew trees.
Above the peat a 2m depth of alluvial clay was observed in both trenches. In Trench 1 at this interface were two natural north-south water channels. In the middle of the alluvial clay of Trench 2, a north-south ditch of an uncertain dating probably between the Roman and medieval period was found. Above the clay was a soil horizon, 20th century features relating to World War II, and layers of made ground associated with modern redevelopment of the site.
