| Title: |
Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Hatcham Park Mews, New Cross, London SE14 in the London Borough of Lewisham |
| Number of Pages: |
39 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken prior to the determination of a planning application for consent to redevelop the site. The redevelopment was to take the form of demolishing two existing 20th century single-storey workshop buildings and the construction of new three-storey buildings for live/work occupation. The 0.75ha site lay just north of a modern main road out of London to the south-east which broadly followed the line of the old Roman road to Canterbury, Watling Street. A preliminary archaeological desk-top study showed that the site had potential for the discovery of a Roman road, Roman roadside features such as buildings or burials, and for Saxon and medieval archaeological remains. A single trench 20m by 2.5m was opened. The natural sand with gravel was cut by a small diamond-shaped post hole containing a sherd dated to 1480-1650. The overlying soil had been thoroughly reworked by historical market gardening activity and contained a range of pottery including a degraded piece of samian ware, a piece of Roman sand-tempered ware and a few 19th century sherds. The overlying deposits were of late 19th century or modern date and the sequence was capped by rubble and make up for the current brick paving that formed the car park surface. The evaluation produced essentially negative results as no prehistoric, Roman, Saxon or medieval features or layers were found, though two sherds of Roman pottery were recovered from a residual context. The small diamond shaped post-medieval post hole perhaps formed part of a fence line running at an angle to the long axis of the evaluation trench. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
A Single
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| Publisher: |
Compass Archaeology Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Canterbury Watling Street |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Late 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
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| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: HATCHAM PARK MEWS, NEW CROSS
Study area: 0.24ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Lewisham
Monument: PIPELINE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), DRAIN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Modern (1901-present), POST HOLE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540
Ngr: TQ35897694, TQ35927693
Parish:
Postcode: SE145QA, SE145PY
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
