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An Archaeological Watching Brief at 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, City of Westminster WC2A 3PH |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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preconst1-120378_1.pdf (13 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A watching brief was carried out at the former Land Registry building at 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields during floor level reduction and enabling works as part of extensive refurbishment of the property. The site is located at the south-east corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields, backing on to Serle Street to the east and Portugal Street to the south. The monitoring recorded a number of natural deposits including a possible sand dune, Pleistocene Terrace gravels, brickearth and possible palaeochannels. Residual artefactual material suggested there had been Roman occupation in the near vicinity and the former existence of possible high status buildings was indicated by residual finds of medieval date. Late medieval/ early post-medieval quarries were cut into the brickearth and the bases of further contemporary features were recorded in the basement. Post-dating these deposits were a number of features backfilled during the 17th or early 18th century, the most extensive of which was a large pit located towards the centre of the site. A number of features of 19th-century date were also recorded, including brick-lined wells, one of which truncated the fill of the large pit, and other structural features. The wells represented activity external to former properties whereas the other features appeared to have been internal to, or elements of, previous buildings The latest activity identified was construction of the present uilding in the early 20th century. This included the concrete base slab along with construction trample and bedding/levelling deposits. Some elements of earlier buildings also appeared to have been incorporated as structural supports for the slab. |
Author: |
Peter Boyer
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Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Westminster |
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CITY OF WESTMINSTER |
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Greater London |
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England |
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32 Lincoln's Inn Fields |
Grid Reference: 530900, 181320 (Easting, Northing)
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preconst1-120378 |
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Spiral bound client report
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |