Taylor, J. J. (2016). Ensign Court, 28 Ensign Street, London E1, Report on archaeological evaluation. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.5284/1047333. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Ensign Court, 28 Ensign Street, London E1, Report on archaeological evaluation
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Series:		 Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1047333
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Trench and borehole excavations were undertaken at seven locations across the site. Three boreholes and three trenches with additional boreholes were located on the ground floor within the footprint of the existing building. A single trench was located in the car park area immediately north of the building The evaluation successfully provided an overview of likely archaeological survival within the site. The in situ natural ground surface (river terrace sands and gravels) was identified at three locations. The trench in the car park identified a 2.3m thick archaeological sequence, consisting of rubbish pits and rubbish dump layers with some possible evidence for gravel quarrying. Dating evidence indicates an overall range from 1180 (medieval) to the 19th century (late post-medieval) but the bulk of the material has a range from the late 15th to the late 17th centuries (post-medieval). The sequence is provisionally interpreted as an external area used for waste disposal, initially relating to domestic habitation in the early post-medieval period, then continuing into the 17th/18th century when the site was developed as a glassworks. Evidence for later redevelopment of the site in the late 18th/early 19th century includes a 19th century brick wall or floor and a later ground-raising/levelling layer which sealed it. Excavations within the footprint of the existing building demonstrated that the archaeological sequence had been removed during construction of the current building. However, there remains the possibility that deep cut features, wells or quarry pits for example, may survive, cut into the natural land surface.
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Author:		 J J Taylor
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Publisher:		 MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Ensign Court, 28 Ensign Street
County: Greater London
District: Tower Hamlets
Parish: TOWER HAMLETS
Country: England
Grid Reference: 534211, 180714 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK FLOOR/WALL? (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RUBBISH DUMPS (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RUBBISH PITS (Monus)
AUGER SURVEY (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
FLOOR (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: molas1-251715
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Created Date:		 02 May 2018