| Title: |
Land Bordered by High Street, COllier's Wood, Christchurch Road and the Pickle. London Borough of Merton. A Post-Excavation Assessment. |
| Number of Pages: |
69 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Two trenches, 25m by 12.5m and 24m by 10m, were excavated across the site, prior to the proposed development of the site. The excavation trenches were located in the north-western part of the site, over the known alignment of the Roman road, Stane Street, which was found during an evaluation carried out in 1997. This road and its associated roadside ditches were exposed in both trenches; excavation also revealed a road alignment running straight on towards the site of Merton Priory and thereafter to Morden, rather than diverting to South Wimbledon. There were two main phases of road constructioon, most clearly represented in an outward movement in the line of the western roadside ditch. Although not closely dated, this development probably took place in the later 2nd century AD. The road surface was principally constructed from gravel and flint; within the second phase of the northern trench this also included raised parallel gravel banks of either side of a central roadway. It was suggested that this arrangement formed the approach to a ford flanked by pedestrian footbridges. Pottery recovered from the ditches and road make-up dated to the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. Coins, occassional building material and worked wood were also recovered dating to the Roman period. The latest finds were represented by coins of mid 4th century. A sequence of alluvial deposits had built up within the roadside ditches and subsequently over the road itself. This indicated successive flooding events, starting with the Roman period and continuing, albeit with decreasing severity, into the medieval period. The latest deposit were archaeometriclly dated to 1200 to 1250, and the cessation thereafter may well have been related to contemporary major developments in the nearby Merton Priory. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Dave Saxby
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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: |
Merton |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Stane Street |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Merton Priory |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street COlliers Wood Christchurch Road |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| 2nd Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Mid 4th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 1st To 3rd Centuries Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 1200 To 1250 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND BORDERED BY HIGH STREET, COLLIER'S WOOD, CHRISTCHURCH ROAD AND THE PICKLE
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Merton
Monument: [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), ROAD. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Roman (AD43-410)
Ngr: TQ26657018
Parish:
Postcode: SW192HP
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
