Mayo, C. (2007). An Archaeological Watching Brief at the Former Sleepeezee Factory Site, Morden Road, Mitcham SW19, London Borough of Merton. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1016938. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Archaeological Watching Brief at the Former Sleepeezee Factory Site, Morden Road, Mitcham SW19, London Borough of Merton
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd on land at the former Sleepeezee Factory Site, Morden Road, Mitcham SW19, London Borough of Merton. The central National Grid Reference for this site is TQ 2595 6950. The fieldwork was undertaken between 21st and 25th May 2007, and was commissioned by Mark Sheehan. The commissioning clients were Big Yellow Group PLC, Chancerygate (Business Centre) Limited and Norwich Union Life and Pensions Ltd. The watching brief consisted of three trial trenches, designed to investigate the sites' archaeological potential and assess the presence or absence of palaeoenvironmental remains relating to former channels of the River Wandle. Prior to the watching brief, Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd had been commissioned to undertake a Desk-based Assessment of the site (Holden 2006); this concluded that the sites' potential for encountering Roman deposits is moderate, the potential for encountering Saxon remains is low, the potential for encountering medieval remains is low and the potential for encountering post-medieval remains is low. The earliest deposits encountered were natural sands and gravel. These were overlain in one trench by a possible post-medieval sub-soil horizon, and then by made ground deposits, capped by the concrete slabs of the previous industrial buildings at the site. No archaeological features were found during the evaluation. It has been concluded that the lack of archaeological remains at the site is probably due to widespread horizontal truncation when the previous buildings were constructed.
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Author:		 C Mayo
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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:		 2007
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Site: Former Sleepeezee Factory Site
Parish: WIMBLEDON AND MERTON
District: Merton
County: Greater London
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Merton
Location - Auto Detected: River Wandle
Grid Reference: 525950, 169500 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Monus)
Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016