The Front Green, Royal London Hospital
Description: An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by David Sankey and Nicholas Bateman between 28th June - 1st July 2004. Post-medieval deposits, ashy fill deposits were recorded below the cellars of former terrace houses facing Whitechapel Road. Extensive fill deposits may indicate quarrying, which took place after a successful petition to flatten the Mount fort by the hospital authorities at the end of the 18th century. There is no trace of a former burial ground on the site prior to that date and no disturbed graves or disarticulated human bone was recovered. A rise in the ground level to a metre above that of the surrounding Whitechapel and New Roads indicates a topographic replacement of the Mount as an elevated feature and the same rise is reflected along the 19th century Mount Terrace. No significant archaeological deposits were observed.(1)
Country: England
County: GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
District: TOWER HAMLETS
Parish: TOWER HAMLETS
Grid Reference:
TQ347816
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 534750, 181610
Period/Subject: 0 - 1900 - QUARRY
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: MLO78231
[ADS] Associated Id: LAG number (GLAAS Ref): 30/537
[ADS] Associated Id: Site Code: RLO03
[ADS] Associated Id: Historic Environment Record: MLO78231
[ADS] Import RCN: GLHER1511-MLO78231
People Involved:
[Publisher] Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service, Historic England
Bibliographic References:
- MOLAS (2004) "THE FRONT GARDEN, ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL, WHITECHAPEL ROAD, E1: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF REPORT"
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