AOC Archaeology Ltd (2000). An Archaeological Assessment of Mercers' Company Estate - Block C, Covent Garden, London, WC2. AOC Archaeology Ltd.

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Title:		 An Archaeological Assessment of Mercers' Company Estate - Block C, Covent Garden, London, WC2
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Number of Pages:		 26
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 The site lay within the Covent Garden Conservation Area; it did not contain any SAMs but lay within a Special Archaeological Priority Area, Lundenwic (Middle Saxon London). The site included 4 Listed Buildings: 116 Long Acre, 8 Mercer Street and two warehouses on Langley Street. A review of documentary, geological, archival and cartographic sources indicated that the site lay in an area known to have archaeological potential. There was little evidence for prehistoric or Roman occupation in the immediate area but the site lay on the edge of the important Middle Saxon settlement known as Lundenwic, which occupied approximately 60ha of the Strand/Aldwych Covent Garden area c. AD 680-860. It was thought that a substantial proportion of the deposits upon the site would have been truncated by the existing basements. Any features that may have survived would probably be in the form of cut features (pits, ditches and wells). From the information from Colette O'Shea of the Mercers' Company, a tunnel was found to exist underneath Langley Street leading from Block D of the Mercers' Company, towards Block C. [Au(abr)]
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Author:		 AOC Archaeology Ltd
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Publisher:		 AOC Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2000
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Locations:
Location - Auto Detected: Langley Street
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 2000 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: BLOCK C, MERCERS' COMPANY ESTATE, COVENT GARDEN
Study area: 0.208ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Westminster
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Ngr: TQ30158105
Parish:
Postcode: WC2H9JJ
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Created Date:		 19 Jan 2009