| Title: |
5-9 Mint Walk, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon. An Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
46 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was carried out as part of the planning process prior to the redevelopment of the site. The site was located on a west-facing slope above the Wandle Valley. There was a potential for prehistoric finds in the vicinity, and the site lay close to the projected line of a Roman road running southwards from London. Several nearby sites had also produced evidence for medieval and early post-medieval activity, including buildings fronting onto the adjacent High Street. At the time of the evaluation the site was occupied by standing buildings which appeared to date from c.1900. Four evaluation trial pits were opened, each c.2m square in plan. There was no real evidence for activity on the site prior to the mid 17th century. Prehistoric, Roman and medieval periods were each represented by a solitary find, in the first two instances clearly - and in the last probably - residual. This dearth of early remains may have been the product of later post-medieval development although it was possible that there was no significant earlier activity on the site. One of the trial pits revealed a sequence of deposits filling a substantial cut into natural, possibly a gravel extraction pit. These were dated to c.1650 and produced pottery, animal bone, clay tobacco pipe and building material. Two other trial pits produced a fairly simple sequence of deposits - respectively garden soil and made ground - which in each case sealed one earlier cut feature. It was likely that both sequences were of post-medieval date, and related to the land-uses which could be seen in the 1844 Tithe Award map. The final and westernmost pit revealed only a shallow and sterile soil layer over truncated natural gravel. There was no evidence for the earlier buildings on the site which were recorded on the 1844 plan fronting onto Mint Walk. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Geoff Potter
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| Publisher: |
Compass Archaeology Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Wandle Valley |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
London Several |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Later Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(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: 5-9 MINT WALK, CROYDON
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Croydon
Monument: PIT. Modern (1901-present), FLOOR. Post-medieval (1540-1901), EXTRACTIVE PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DRAIN. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DITCH. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Undated
Ngr: TQ32366533
Parish:
Postcode: CR0 1EA
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
