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Building Recording Watching Brief at the Broad Arrow Tower, HM Tower of London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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preconst1-284441_1.pdf (11 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology was commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces to undertake an Historic England Level 2 building recording watching brief during repairs at the Broad Arrow Tower, HM Tower of London, Tower Hamlets. The Tower of London is a World Heritage Site, a Scheduled Monument and lies in a Conservation Area. The Broad Arrow Tower and Inner Curtain Wall are Grade I listed and are described as 'Inner curtain wall built 1238-75. Broad Arrow Tower: 1238-75; restored by Salvin 1855-7. D-shaped plan with rectangular turrets to north and south'. The repairs were undertaken to the wall walk in front of the north first floor doorway and to a badly decayed roofing joist. The recording was carried out as a condition of Scheduled Monument Consent. The survey works revealed the structure of a modern brick-built drain. It was not clear if the underlying Yorkstone flagstones were re-used to form the base to the drain or if the drain was constructed onto a pre-existing former Yorkstone floor surface to the wall walk because no further intrusive works were carried out. The drain is thought to have been associated with improvements made to the Broad Arrow Tower as part of its integration into visitor attractions in 1982. The observation of a small area of the leaded flat roof structure of the Broad Arrow Tower revealed that it was constructed using modern timber and plasterboard and may have been part of the same work completed in the early 1980s. |
Author: |
Adam Garwood
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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: |
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Broad Arrow Tower, Tower of London |
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Tower Hamlets |
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Greater London |
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TOWER HAMLETS |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 533691, 180533 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
preconst1-284441 |
OBIB: |
PCA Report No. R12903 |
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A4 spiral bound with blue cover report
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Created Date: |
22 Mar 2019 |