| Title: |
60-63 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3. Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
37 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Six test pits were excavated prior to the proposed erection of a new office building. The test pits confirmed that Roman stratigraphy survived immediately beneath the existing basement slab over the whole site, cut in places by substantial features of medieval or post-medieval date. Although truncated by the construction of the existing basements and associated services, the deposits included in situ floor surfaces/occupation horizons and cut features, possibly representing structural remains, associated with these surfaces. The surfaces showed signs of fire reddening and were overlain in places by deposits consistent with destruction layers. Finds of painted wall plaster and daub internal wall decoration provided evidence of Roman domestic structures of some sophistication in the vicinity. A compact gravel deposit may have represented further evidence of structures or possibly part of a road. The archaeological deposits identified by the evaluation were consistent with those recorded by previous excavation on the site, which had indicated the survival of early (1st century) Roman timber buildings and 2nd century burning horizons. No evidence for any later Roman masonry structures, or cremation or other burials, as identified on adjacent excavations, was found during the evaluation. The evaluation suggested that archaeological deposits survived beneath the existing basement slab at a height of up to 12.40m aOD. The proposed development would have a finished lower ground floor slab surface level of +11.3m aOD with a basement slab surface level of +8.60m aOD. The mass excavation required to construct the lower ground floor and basement would therefore remove all archaeological horizons above the surface level of the brickearth; only archaeological features cut into the brickearth and/or natural gravels were likley to not be impacted. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| 2nd Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: 60-63 FENCHURCH STREET
Study area: 0.13ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: City of London
Monument: FEATURE. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Roman (AD43-410), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: TQ33368098
Parish:
Postcode: EC3M4AD
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
