Jeffery, E. (2012). The Convent of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph, Layhams Road, West Wickham: An Archaeological Evaluation. Compass Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1020777. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Convent of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph, Layhams Road, West Wickham: An Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Compass Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken at 'The Convent of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph', Laymans Road, West Wickham, in advance of the demolition of the existing convent buildings, and construction of a new chapel and Sister's home. This evaluation took the form of four trenches. A simple sequence of deposits, relating to the construction of the buildings (still standing) in the 1960s, was generally uncovered. This took the form of the modern topsoil (or tarmac), overlying a thing yellow sandy make-up layer, over a brown-grey gravelly deposit. They directly overlay the natural deposits (a yellow sandy deposit, with lenses of clay), observed at an uppermost level of c.0.35m beneath the present ground-surface (94.6mOD). This suggests that any earlier soil horizons or made-ground deposits which once existed have been cut away, when the buildings were constructed in the 1960s. A linear ditch, running approximately northwest - southeast across the site, c.1m in width, and at least 0.6m in depth (although possibly deeper if the upper levels have been truncated by modern development), was observed in two trenches. It is unclear precisely what this feature was, or its date, because of the lack of dating material recovered from it, however its size and shape makes it seem likely that it formed a land division or agricultural ditch of some kind, possibly prehistoric or Roman in date.
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Author:		 E Jeffery
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Publisher:		 Compass Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Site: The Convent of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph, Layhams Road, West Wickham
Parish: BROMLEY
District: Bromley
County: Greater London
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Mary
Grid Reference: 538980, 164640 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: compassa1-139460
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Note:		 Short report detailing the results of the archaeological evaluation. Includes discussion of background to site, plus plans, sections, photos, and discussion of the results of the evaluation.
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016