| Title: |
Plot 7, Abbey Retail Park, Abbey Road, Barking, Essex. A Post-Excavation Assessment for Estates and Agency Holdings PLC. |
| Number of Pages: |
85 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation was undertaken in response to a condition upon planning permission for the retail development of the site. An area 40m by 30 m was excavated across the site which revealed features from the prehistoric periods through to the 20th century. Prehistoric activity on the site was minimal and was represented by a small pit that contained three sherds of ?Bronze Age pottery. A number of pits that contained struck flints and/or could be strtigraphically assigned to phase 1 were also noted and a single gully may have also been prehistoric. Roman activity on the site was charaterised by ditches, two of which appeared to date to an early 1st century AD episode and three whih represented a late 1st/2nd century AD episode. A number of features, including a ditch, hedgeline and four pits, were assigned to the Mid-Saxon period. Daub, some with wattle impresions, was recorded from a number of contexts in association with Saxon pottery and Roman brick and tile. Some was vitrified and found with heat cracked Roman brick, indicating that it may have been used to build ovens or kiln structures. A 10th to 12th century phase was characterised by boundary ditches and a number of pits, some of which hinted at industrial activity occuring on, or near the site. A late 12th/early 13th century phase was characterised by a recilinear boundary ditch, several pits, two layers, a post hole and material dumped into the eastern edge of the Roding. Late 3th to early 15th century activty was indicated by residual pottery across the site, however, no features were assigned to this period. A late 15th to early 16th century phase was represented by a seires of intercutting pits in the extreme-north-east corner of the site. No discrete archaeological features could be assigned to the 16th, 17th and 18th century period, however, later 18th century and later features were present across the site. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Graham Hull
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| Publisher: |
Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Abbey Retail Park Abbey Road Barking Essex |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Roding |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Prehistoric Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| 10th To 12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| 16th 17th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Later 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early 1st Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Late 15th To Early 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early 15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Late 12thearly 13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: PLOT 7, ABBEY RETAIL PARK, ABBEY ROAD, BARKING
Study area: 0.12ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Barking and Dagenham
Monument: HEDGE. Early Medieval (410-1066), PIT. Early Medieval (410-1066), [finds]. Early Medieval (410-1066), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Undated, PIT. Prehistoric, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), BOUNDARY DITCH. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Medieval (1066-154
Ngr: TQ43868380
Parish:
Postcode: IG117AY
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
