| Title: |
Proposed Ibis Hotel Site, Duthie Street, Preston's Road, Blackwall Way, London E14, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Archaeology Desk Based Assessment. |
| Number of Pages: |
55 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment was undertaken prior to the proposed redevelopment of the site which would consist of the construction of the Ibis Hotel. Consultation of the GLSMR and archaeological archives indicated that for the period before the AD1500's the archaeological significance of the area was most likely to be palaeo-channels of the Thames and its tributaries, buried prehistoric peat, and alluvial deposits. The river and sea levels fluctuated during the prehistoric period and these fluctuations were often reflected in the formation of peat deposits in marshy waterlogged areas. Peats' significance is in its frequent preservation of dateable archae-environmental evidence, such as pollen and plant remains, which could reflect humans' impact on the Thames Basin environment; and preservation of timber trackways. An alleged Roman watch (or signal) tower to the east of the site may have been one of a series along the Thames, although, to date, only one had been identified , and this was at Shadwell. By the medieval period the district around Blackwall Stairs was known as Blackwall (first referred to in AD1362). The 'wall' may have referred to early flood defences for the riverside hamlets. From the AD1500s onwards there was increasing industrialisation of the busy East Thames. This included the creation of Blackwall dockyard by the East India Company, for building and reparing its own ships (east of the site in this report, where the remaining complete dock was a Grade II Listed Building). From the post-medieval period the main area of interest was the fragmentary survival of riverfront and near-river industrial dock structures relating to the Blackwell Yard industries. Timber and stone river walls, revetments, jetties and wharves may have been situated beyond the site on the contemporary river front, which was served inland by buildings and areas for associated shipbuildng trades such as barge building, blacksmithing, oarmaking, ropemaking and sailmaking. The report concluded that the potential for archaeological remains on the site was negligible, due to the extensive previous development and decline of the dock area since the AD1500s, the impact of the cut-and-cover Blackwall tunnel, and the 6m pile grid proposed to minimise the potential impact on any surviving deposits. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
S Jones
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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: |
Blackwell Yard |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Thames |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
East Thames |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Auadp |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: PROPOSED IBIS HOTEL SITE, DUTHIE STREET, PRESTON'S ROAD, BLACKWALL WAY
Study area: 0.175ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Tower Hamlets
Monument:
Ngr: TQ38408040
Parish:
Postcode: E14 9SU
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
