| Title: |
Archaeological Desk Based Assessment. Area 6, Thamesmead, 'Collingtree Park', Thamesmead, London SE28 |
| Number of Pages: |
80 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment was undertaken in advance of the proposed construction of 311 new residential units with associated gardens and access road. The gravels present across the study area may have formed palaeo-landsurfaces in the Mesolithic period. A single peat unit was present on the site. This probably correlated with the Tilbury III or IV peat units of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. The study area had a moderate archaeological potential for the Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman periods. Deposits of these periods may occur in association with the peat or upper alluvial clays. The alluvial deposits, and in particular the peats, had a high palaeoenvironmental potential. The study site was thought to have a relatively low archaeological potential for all other periods of human activity. Past post depositional impacts prior to 1976 on the site were likely to have been restricted to the upper levels of the upper alluvial clay. However, the remediation of the site since the closure of the Royal Arsenal was likely to have had a very severe and widespread impact on the survival of industrial archaeological remains associated with the Royal Arsenal. The main potential archaeological impact of the proposed development was limited to the footprints of the proposed buildings within which piling would occur. Overall it was likely that some 2% of the site area would be archaeologically impacted on by piling. Across 98% of the site area it was unlikely that piling would have any archaeological impact. Across the whole site area a deep layer of made ground and capping was being lain. Due to the presence of this material it was unlikely that pile caps, ground beams or services would penetrate archaeological deposits. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Duncan Hawkins
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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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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: AREA 6, THAMESMEAD, 'COLLINGTREE PARK', THAMESMEAD
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Greenwich
Monument:
Ngr: TQ45808000
Parish:
Postcode: SE280JJ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
