Title: |
Safeway Retail Development, Sidcup High Street, Sidcup, London Borough of Bexley. An Archaeological Assessment |
Number of Pages: |
20 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
Desk-based assessment of a site proposed for a retail development was undertaken, and a number of geotechnical test-pits were excavated and archaeologically recorded. The site lay 1km to the west of the Cray Valley Archaeological Priority Zone, an area of rich potential for prehistoric and Romano-British remains based upon the identification of significant quantities of flints and prehistoric and Romano-British features. Roman occupation of the Borough of Bexley appeared to have been sparse, although some settlement evidence had been recorded in the area. Sidcup itself appeared to have developed as a small hamlet from the Tudor period onwards. The impetus for much of its development had been provided by the arrival of a railway line in 1866. Observation of the excavated test-pits suggested that there was a potential for the survival of archaeological deposits on the site, none of which were thought likely to have pre-dated the 16th century. The proposed development was likely to remove almost all of these potential remains. On the basis of the absence of any sizeable historic settlement in the area prior to the 16th or 17th century, it was recommended that any future archaeological evaluation of the site could be relatively limited in scale. [AIP] |
Author: |
Nick Bateman
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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: |
Sidcup |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Cray Valley |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Sidcup High Street Sidcup London |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Bexley |
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Subjects / Periods: |
PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
1866 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
16th (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: SAFEWAY RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, SIDCUP HIGH STREET/GRASSINGTON ROAD, SIDCUP Study area: Investigation type: Evaluation District: Bexley Monument: Ngr: TQ46307175 Parish: Postcode: DA146EJ
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |