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An Archaeological Evaluation on Land to the Rear of 54 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, London Borough of Waltham Forest, E17 9HP |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation that was undertaken on land to the rear of 54 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, London Borough of Waltham Forest, E17 9HP (TQ 38099 89238). The evaluation demonstrated that the most recent underlying geology consisted of interleaving deposits of sands, gravels and brickearth. Residual Roman pottery was found within two features on site which attests to Roman activity on the site or in the near vicinity, even if no in situ Roman deposits were encountered during the evaluation. Late Post-Medieval (specifically mid 18th to 20th century) activity dominated the archaeological record with the vast majority of remains on site dating to within this period. The activity is almost entirely associated with horticulture and the use of the site as a garden, with recovered features and deposits including thick layers of garden soil, probable drainage and/or demarcation ditches, garden waste or planting pits and a number of probable tree throws. This late post-medieval horticultural function fits with cartographic evidence, which identifies the site as lying within the garden of a large house from the mid-18th century, and remaining as mostly open land until the 20th century. Modern activity on site was limited to the construction of a number of workshop buildings during the early-mid 20th century. These have been recently demolished and were revealed within the evaluation to have had only a relatively minor impact upon earlier buried remains across the site. |
Author: |
Maria Buczak
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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: |
2016
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Waltham Forest |
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Greater London |
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54 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow |
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WALTHAMSTOW |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 538104, 189242 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |