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40 MARSH WALL, ISLE OF DOGS, LONDON E14 9TP: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Four 2.5m x 2.5m evaluation trenches were excavated down to naturally-occurring sandy-gravels. Occasional lenses of sand were seen within the gravels and it was noted that they rose up towards the north-west, suggesting a former gravel island. The gravel was overlain by fine alluvium, which varied in thickness because of different levels of recent truncation. In a trench towards the south of the area, a clean sand horizon seen above natural alluvium was interpreted as a windblown dry-land deposit that could have supported occupation. No anthropogenic finds, features or deposits were observed though abraded medieval tile was recovered from a layer just above. A 19th-century brick well was seen cut through the alluvium in another trench and most-likely related to terraced housing built over the area in the late 19th century. The earlier deposits were overlain by redeposited alluvial clay that contained late post-medieval ceramic building material fragments. This in turn was sealed by modern ground-raising and levelling deposits that served as a pre-cursor to the modern concrete slab that covered the area. |
Author: |
Peter Boyer
T Bradley-Lovekin
R Humphrey
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Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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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: |
2013
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Locations: |
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Tower Hamlets |
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40 Marsh Wall |
County: |
Greater London |
Country: |
England |
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POPLAR |
Grid Reference: 537289, 179884 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
preconst1-166725 |
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PCA REPORT NO: R11601 |
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A4 spiral bound with blue cover client report
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |