| Title: |
Report on an Archaeological Monitoring Exercise. Land at Picerdy Manorway, Belvedere |
| Number of Pages: |
4 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during housing construction. No archaeological features were recorded in the exposed sections of the drain trenches observed. A ground consolidation deposit comprising mixed silty loam, demolition debris including brick and concrete fragments and some areas of sand and gravel dumping formed the upper surface of the site and varied in thickness between 400 and 700mm across the site. This deposit included pottery dated to the latter part of the 19th century, but the frequent brick and concrete fragments suggested a more probable 20th century date. In places the ground consolidation deposit contained lenses of dry fibrous peat. The origins of the peat deposit were difficult to establish, as such deposits were not encountered during the contractor's excavations. It was possible that earlier geophysical probing on the site may have resulted in the upcast of small amounts of peat deposit or it may have been introduced onto the site as fly-tipping or landscaping material at some other relatively recent date. The ground consolidation deposits sealed a sterile orange-yellow sticky alluvial clay. In the deepest parts of the excavation the clay was seen to be over 600mm thick, but was not bottomed. This clay deposit appeared to be of natural derivation and the result of river inundation of the low lying marsh area. A large number of river inundations were known from archaeological and historical records dating from the prehistoric periods through to the 18th/19th centuries, but in this instance the sterility of the clay deposit made precise dating difficult. The relative level of the clay however suggested it to be of more recent rather than ancient date. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Kevin Wooldridge
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| Publisher: |
CgMs Archaeology and Environmental Consultants
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 20th 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: LAND AT PICARDY MANORWAY, BELVEDERE
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Bexley
Monument: [finds]. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: TQ49757951
Parish:
Postcode: DA176GN
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
