Nicholls, F. (2015). Birchin Lane, City of London EC3V: An Archaeological Watching Brief. Compass Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1043949. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Birchin Lane, City of London EC3V: An Archaeological Watching Brief
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken between the 23rd and the 29th of June 2015 on a drop shaft in Birchin Lane (City of London), as part of a general refurbishment and paving/resurfacing of the Lane. The watching brief uncovered the remains of a medieval stone wall (1) overlying several 'dark earth' layers (2), (3) and (4), as well as a tessellated floor (7) which overlay a rich sequence of Roman stratigraphy. This was cut into by the post-Roman pit (6). Context (2) contained two sherds of medieval pottery, and with the exception of one piece of prehistoric pottery from context (14), all the finds were Roman. Contexts (8), (14), (15) and (16) produced samian ware. Generally the finds dated from the 1st-4th century AD, but a large majority were stylistically dated to the 1st-2nd century. Layers below the redeposited brickearth (10) likely dated to the 1st-2nd century, whilst the tesselated floor (7) can be dated to the 2nd century on the basis of associated wall plaster from (7), with the dark earth layers likely formed over later Roman and post-Roman periods. The shaft itself was not bottomed, but below context (14) localised areas of a clean yellow gravel were exposed in the NE section which may represent a redeposited natural c. 4.56m down from the road surface (c. 11.44OD). The shaft extension, dug into the NW corner of the dropshaft, was excavated down to a depth of 4.61m deep in the NW corner (11.39OD).
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Author:		 Florence Nicholls
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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:		 2015
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Site: Birchin Lane
County: Greater London
District: City of London
Parish: CITY OF LONDON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 532885, 181055 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DAUB (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) WALL PLASTER (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TESSELLATED FLOOR (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: compassa1-230911
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Note:		 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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Created Date:		 25 Sep 2017