| Title: |
7-13 St Bride Street, London, EC4, City of London. An Archaeological Watching Brief. |
| Number of Pages: |
20 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during the excavation of a series of drain trenches, a wall foundation trench, a lift pit, two pier bases and a foundation investigation test pit within the basement of 7-13 St Bride Street. The principal archaeological interest of the site was its location on the western bank of the River Fleet. In the Roman period the site lay outside of the main walled settlement near part of a Roman cemetery and to the north of a major Roman building. The area was abandoned after the end of the Roman occupation in the 5th century, although the main east-west Roman road remained in use. In the 9th century the City was re-occupied. By the medieval period the western bank of the Fleet formed a suburb outside the walled town. Documentary sources suggested that the site was open ground until the early 17th century. Archeaological investigations in the area had revealed deposits thought to be garden soils. Archaeological deposits were found to have survived in one of the drain runs, part of the wall foundation trench wall and one pier base foundation. Truncated natural sand and gravel was found at 4.25m OD towards the western side of the site. On the eastern side, brickearth had survived to a height of 4.20m OD, overlaying sand and gravel at 4.10m OD. Deposits interpreted as medieval pit fills were located in the drain trench and wall foundation, whilst a possible medieval/early post-medieval beam slot and north-south aligned chalk wall were located in the most northerly of the pier base trenches. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Portia Askew
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| Publisher: |
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
St Bride Street |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
River Fleet |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Fleet |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Bride Street London |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 5th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 9th 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: 7-13 ST BRIDE STREET
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: City of London
Monument: WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: TQ31598130
Parish:
Postcode: EC4A4EJ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
