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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000328
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Thorne Close, Leytonstone (LE-TC 93)
Introduction
An archaeological evaluation in the northeast corner of Avenue Estate, Leytonstone, was commissioned by Newlon Housing Trust in advance of redevelopment. The resulting digital archive is being preserved and made easily accessible through the Archaeology Data Service.
The excavations revealed a ditch the primary use of which was between circa 900 and 1050AD with subsequent fills dating to between 900 and 1250AD. A later deliberate backfilling took place between 1150 and 1400AD. The area was then turned over to arable ploughing which seems to have continued right across the area of investigation until the 1720's, when a rectangular property was established along Thorne Close. A rectangular brick house with four internal divisions was constructed with a garden on its west side and an area for rubbish pitting on its east side. A large straight-sided linear pit, associated with this house, may have had an industrial use This house was replaced by terrace housing in the late 19th century.
The on-line archive consists of a Level III report and reports and data files consisting of artefact and ecofact attribute sets. None of this material was prepared with a view to being made available electronically. The reports contain references to figures which were prepared by conventional drafting. Copies of these figures are not currently available to ADS and therefore can not be made available on-line.
