| Title: |
Phased Summary and Assessment Document of the Excavation at The Phillimores, Campden Hill Road, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, W8 |
| Number of Pages: |
59 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation was undertaken between 10th and 29th June 2001. The work followed an archaeological watching brief and evaluation was carried out between 9th October and 3rd November 2000. The watching brief and evaluation comprised the monitoring of twenty engineering test pits, and the excavation of three archaeological test pits and two archaeological evaluation trenches. No archaeological deposits were found in any of the test pits, which contained only modern made ground, truncated clays and hill-wash gravels. However, the evaluation trench located in the tennis court area in the south-east corner of the site revealed a natural brickearth terrace, into which were cut post holes and a gully, at least three of which contained large quantities of burnt flint. Accordingly an excavation ensued: a single trench was excavated in the area of the tennis court at the south-east corner of the site. The earliest features comprised a group of three cuts interpreted as being natural in origin. Two of these were likely to have been root bowls from trees or shrubs. The third was a large natural depression or hollow which extended from the north to the south sections of the trench. Two pits were identified cut into this natural hollow which produced evidence of cooking activity in the form of burnt flint, Late Bronze Age pottery and charcoal. To the north of these pits a series of stake and post holes was also identified, the fills of which contained burnt flint. These features were all interpreted as being Late Bronze Age in origin. Subsequent to the natural silting of the cooking pits, a large deposit of burnt flint was dumped within the natural depression, presumably to raise and level the ground in this area. The deposit was likely to have represented waste material from the cooking process. A series of post-medieval drainage ditches which truncated the brickearth were also recorded throughout the trench. The site appeared to have been subjected to considerable horizontal truncation during the late 19th century, presumably in an attempt to terrace the natural north-south slope. This was indicated by both the unusually shallow nature of the all excavated features, and the fact that a 19th century ground raising deposit was identified directly overlying the natural brickearth in the trench. Overlying the 19th century ground raising deposits was a series of tennis court surfaces. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Timothy Bradley
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| Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Kensington |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
The Phillimores Campden Hill Road |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Late Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Late 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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20TH CENTURY
(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: THE PHILLIMORES, CAMPDEN HILL ROAD
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Kensington and Chelsea
Monument: [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), POST HOLE. Prehistoric, [finds]. Prehistoric, [finds]. Late Bronze Age, PIT. Late Bronze Age, GULLY. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FIELD DRAIN. Modern (1901-present), POST HOLE. Undated, DITCH. Post-medieval (1540-1901), P
Ngr: TQ25207980
Parish:
Postcode: W8 7HZ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
