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41-51 BOLSOVER STREET: a report on the evaluation |
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Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Three evaluation trenches were excavated. In the SW part of the site, natural sand was sealed by a deposit of pinkish-red sand and gravels beneath a redeposited 'garden soil'. This was truncated by a north-south aligned brick foundation associated with houses fronting onto the former Buckingham Street and damaged during World War Two. These were heavily disturbed by a modern demolition/made ground deposit and a construction cut for the previous concrete slab base, beneath modern rubble and concrete. In the southern area of the site, natural gravels were sealed by a layer of thick orange-brown alluvial clay beneath another water-lain deposit of brown sandy silt which was in turn sealed by a sandy clay layer. These may be attributed to a pond shown in this area on Rocque's map of 1746. At the southern end of the trench, a red-brick 19th century cellar with a York stone slab floor had truncated all deposits but had itself later been backfilled with brick rubble and mortar. Modern gravel and tarmac sealed the sequence. In the SE part of the site, natural sand and gravels were cut by a palaeo-channel filled with orange sandy silt and lenses of gravels. The western extent of the trench had been truncated by a 19th century soakaway and modern construction. Modern concrete sealed the sequence. |
Author: |
Stephen Turner
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Publisher: |
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Greater London HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2008
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41–51 Bolsover Street |
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MARYLEBONE ST JOHNS WOOD AND MAYFAIR |
District: |
Westminster |
County: |
Greater London |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 528934, 182118 (Easting, Northing)
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Spiral bound A4 client report
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |