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Beam Park Riverside (Phase 1 and 2): An Archaeological Evaluation |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
This report details the results of an archaeological evaluation on land at Beam Park Riverside (Phase 1 and Phase 2), Thames Avenue, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and London Borough of Havering, RM9 6DE. Fifteen trenches were excavated across the site. Natural deposits were noted in all of the trenches between 2.06m and -3.45m OD. The presence of terrace gravels was noted in nine of the trenches, located in the northern portion of the site away from the main Thames floodplain. The gravel dropped to the south-west and was not reached in the southern most trenches on the edge of the Thames floodplain. Towards the far north-eastern part of the site the natural comprised an orange sandy clay interpreted as natural brick-earth. A complex sequence of alluvial and peat deposits were encountered in eight of the trenches excavated. These trenches were targetted roughly in the south / south-west portion of the site to pick up the edge of the floodplain. Prehistoric pottery and worked flint were recovered from the fills of two linear features in Trench 1. Flood deposits thought to have formed in the medieval/post-medieval period were encountered in Trench 7 and Trench 1. The evaluation showed that the northeast of the site lay over terrace gravels towards the top of a ridge. In the far north-eastern corner of the site a dry area of land had formed. The alluvial deposits started to be encountered as the gravel fell away to the south and into the edge of the Thames flood plain. |
Author: |
M Edmonds
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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: |
HAVERING |
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Beam Park Riverside (Phase 1 and Phase 2) |
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Greater London |
District: |
Havering |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 550021, 182962 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
preconst1-285153 |
OBIB: |
PCA REPORT NO: R12890 |
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A4 spiral bound with blue cover
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Created Date: |
13 Sep 2018 |