Bishop, B. (2006). An Assessment of the Archaeological Excavations (Phase IV) at the Oliver Close Estate, Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1016485. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Assessment of the Archaeological Excavations (Phase IV) at the Oliver Close Estate, Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The earliest evidence of activity at the site consisted of a small quantity of residually deposited struck flints dateable to the Mesolithic or Early Neolithic period as well as a few fragments of pottery of possible Neolithic date, interpreted as representing brief intermittent visits to the site. The main period of occupation could be dated to the Late Bronze Age. It consisted of the construction of a large ditched enclosure, c.35m in diameter, which may have had an internal bank. A mass of pits, postholes and other cut features were recorded both inside and outside of the enclosure. Possible structures located internally included a roundhouse, a palisaded screen, four-post structures and hearths. Immediately outside the west-facing entranceway was a further palisaded screen, four-post structures and an elaborate hearth or fire-pit. Pottery recovered from features across the enclosure overwhelmingly comprised plainware of the post Deverel-Rimbury tradition, dateable to 10th-9th centuries BC, of the Late Bronze Age. The morphology of the enclosure and the nature of its related features suggests that it belongs to the class of Late Bronze Age enclosures termed 'aggrandised enclosures' by David Yates (1999) or 'Springfield style enclosures' in the Monument Protection Program definition of this type of site (www.eng-h.gov.uk/mpp/mcd/intro2.htm) after the type site at Springfield Lyons in Essex (Buckley and Hedges 1987). These appear to form focal points for the surrounding agricultural landscapes and may have acted as the strongholds for elites and/or as manufacturing and redistribution centres.
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Author:		 B Bishop
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2006
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Site: Oliver Close Estate (Phase IV), Leyton
Parish: LEYTON
District: Waltham Forest
County: Greater London
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Waltham Forest
Location - Auto Detected: Springfield
Location - Auto Detected: Essex Buckley
Location - Auto Detected: Springfield Lyons
Grid Reference: 537680, 186580 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BRIQUETAGE (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BURNT FLINT (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Clay Weights (Find)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CRUCIBLE (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Struck Flint (Find)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Struck Flint Assemblage (Find)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CAUSEWAY (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Palisades (Monus)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Monument Type England)
Late Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
Early Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-19309
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Note:		 Unpublished assessment report, A4, bound
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016