| Title: |
Archaeological Desk Based Assessment. Mile End Goods Yard, Meath Gardens, Tower Hamlets |
| Number of Pages: |
36 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A desk-based assessment was undertaken prior to the proposed construction of three six-storey affordable housing blocks. The assessment established that the proposed development site lay within an Area of Archaeological Importance as shown on the Tower Hamlets UDP Proposals Map which had been defined to incorporate the route of the main Roman road from London to Colchester. Where this road had been excavated elsewhere in the vicinity of the site, it was shown that the road was a structure of a considerable size. The projected route of the road crossed the centre of the site. As a consequence, the site could be considered to have a high potential for remains associated with the road. However, a geotechnical investigation of the site had established that the site had been subject to a significant amount of previous ground disturbance up to depths of 4m+ below ground level, below which was a layer of alluvium probably representing a former stream channel. The ground disturbance occurred to levels that were below which the road had been recorded nearby. It was therefore apparent that the construction of the railway sidings would have resulted in the destruction of any archaeological remains within the site. Had the Roman road been present within the site, the size of the road was such that it would have been detected in the borehole logs. The layer of alluvium was likely to have been the remnants of a former water channel, and probably represented the bed of the stream that was canalised to create the canal. It was therefore concluded that while the site had the potential to contain archaeological remains associated with the Roman road, the site no longer had the potential to contain archaeological remains. The proposed development would have no archaeological impact and therefore no further archaeological investigations were required. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
R Bourne
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| Publisher: |
CgMs Archaeology and Environmental Consultants
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
London |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Colchester |
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| Subjects / 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: MILE END GOODS YARD, MEATH GARDENS
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Mid Sussex
Monument:
Ngr: TQ35802870
Parish: Ardingly
Postcode: RH176SW
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
