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Norwood Hall Joint Service Centre, 25 Devane Way, Knights Hill, Lambeth, SE27 0DE |
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Compass Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief, plus the excavation of five trenches, was carried out before and during the redevelopment of the site at Norwood Hall, into a Joint Service Centre Building. This archaeological work did not reveal any remains of archaeological significance. In general, the site consisted of modern garden topsoil, overlying a silty-sand subsoil, over compact and sterile clay deposits (the natural). The only features observed were a few ceramic land drains running across the area of the playing field, and the large modern concrete feature in the north-western corner of the playing fields (possibly a pavilion of some type). Trench 4 also indicated that the land in the far eastern part of the site may have been built up before the construction of the railway (as a dump of modern material was observed over what looked like a previous land surface here), however no earlier finds, features, or deposits were observed. There was, therefore, no sign of any early (pre-19th century) activity on the site, or remains relating to the medieval manor house of Levehurst Manor (thought to have been positioned just to the north of the site). Furthermore, no evidence was recovered for the early 19th century building constructed in the northern-most part of the site, or the 1866 Jewish Hospital and Orphanage building. |
Author: |
E Jeffery
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Publisher: |
Compass Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Norwood Hall 25 Devane Way, Knights Hill, Lambeth |
Parish: |
STREATHAM |
District: |
Lambeth |
County: |
Greater London |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Devane Way Knights Hill Lambeth |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Norwood Hall |
Grid Reference: 531743, 172037 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
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NONE
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UNCERTAIN
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NONE
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Early Pre19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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WATCHING BRIEF
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Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TEST PIT
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
compassa1-133476 |
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Note: |
A4 comb bound, 28 page developer report
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |