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Drop shaft for Southampton Buildings Highway Improvement Scheme, City of London, WC2A: An Archaeological Watching Brief |
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Compass Archaeology unpublished report series
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compassa1-229616_1.pdf (6 MB)
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on a drop shaft at the south-eastern end of Southampton Buildings as part of a highway improvement scheme. This watching brief uncovered the remains of a mid-18th-19th century brick drain composed partly of re-used 16th-17th century bricks. This cut into two earlier fills. The upper fill (3) contained clay pipe and pottery dating broadly from the 17th-early 18th century. The lower fill (4) contained two fragments of pottery, one dating to the mid-late 16th century. These deposits, which the drain cut into, appear to represent a backfill within a large and earlier cut feature which was most likely a 17th-early 18th century quarry pit. Earlier pottery within contexts (3) and (4) is residual. A natural orangey-yellow silty sand was observed at the bottom of the shaft; at 0.5m below the base of the drain in the case of the SE section of the shaft, down to the limit of excavation (15.17OD). |
Author: |
Florence Nicholls
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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: |
2015
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Southampton Buildings |
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Greater London |
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City of London |
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CITY OF LONDON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 531099, 181512 (Easting, Northing)
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compassa1-229616 |
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Short report detailing the results of the watching brief. This includes discussion of the background, the shaft, photographs, a plan of the location of the shaft, finds analysis, and interpretations / conclusions.
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25 Sep 2017 |