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ABBEY HOUSE, BAKER'S ROW, WEST HAM, LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM: |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A test pit (Test Pit 1) and two evaluation trenches were excavated (Trenches 1, and 2) up to c. 2.40m below current ground level. Natural brickearth was recorded in both of the evaluation trenches (Trenches 1 and 2) and the test pit (Test Pit 1). Gravel deposits underlying the brickearth were exposed only in Trench 1 . The natural brickearth was overlain by a sequence of prehistoric, Medieval and early post-Medieval and later post-Medieval archaeological deposits. The prehistoric archaeological deposits included an archaic sub-soil, pits and possible postholes excavated in Trenches 1 and 2 as well as a linear gully unearthed in Trench 1. A sherd of flint tempered pottery and a small assemblage of worked flints also attest to late Neolithic/early Bronze Age activity. In the Medieval period the site was located in the northeast sector of the precinct to Stratford Langthorne Abbey, close to the great (or inner gate house). Medieval dated features included a gulley in Trench 1 and probable rubbish pits in Trenches 1 and 2. A small assemblage of Medieval pottery probably derives from the Abbey. Early post-Medieval deposits included demolition material that was probably related to the destruction of nearby abbey buildings in the decades after the Dissolution in c. 1540. The early post-Medieval deposits were overlain by sequence of horticultural soils that were probably formed in the 17th and 18th century when the site seems to have been given over to market gardening. |
Author: |
A. Douglas
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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: |
2017
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Locations: |
Parish: |
WEST HAM |
District: |
Newham |
Site: |
Abbey House, West Ham |
County: |
Greater London |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 539197, 183423 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
EARLY BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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DEMOLITION DEPOSITS DERIVING FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ABBEY, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY HORTICULTURAL
(Monus)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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ABBEY PRECINCT
(Monus)
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CLAY PIPE (SMOKING)
(Object England)
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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PRECINCT
(Monument Type England)
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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
(Object England)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
preconst1-275208 |
OBIB: |
PCA REPORT NO: R12784 |
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Created Date: |
13 Sep 2018 |