Taylor, J. D A. (2015). St Giles High Street, London, WC1, Archaeological Watching Brief Summary. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.5284/1043513. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 St Giles High Street, London, WC1, Archaeological Watching Brief Summary
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Series:		 Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The watching brief monitored an excavation of a single cable ductwork trench in the public Highway. The trench was located on the pavement outside St Giles Church at the junction of Denmark Street and St Giles High Street. It was excavated to expose existing services but also encountered human remains. As a consequence, MOLA were asked to provide a watching brief and to obtain necessary permissions to allow the works to continue. The watching brief revealed an 18th century brick wall on a N-S alignment, beneath a modern manhole located towards the east trench limit. The wall was 0.6m wide and its surface lay 0.75m below ground level (c 24.63m OD). The top 0.5m of the wall was excavated to the base of the trench, but its full depth was not exposed. The wall aligned with the gate post on the west side of the current gate of St Giles Church and would have once been within the historic limits of St Giles Churchyard. A quantity of disarticulated human bone was recovered from backfill within the trench, on both sides of the wall. The bone has been examined by a MOLA Osteologist. Results of the analysis included possible evidence of leprosy. This suggests the assemblage originally came from the graveyard serving the Hospital of St Giles, which treated people suffering from leprosy up until the 16th century.
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Author:		 J D A Taylor
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Publisher:		 MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: St Giles High Street
County: Greater London
District: Camden
Parish: CAMDEN
Country: England
Grid Reference: 529940, 181283 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017