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St Botolph Row, Aldgate High Street, City of London: An Archaeological Watching Brief |
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Compass Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Six visits were made to monitor a watching brief on St Botolph Row. In total, three trial holes and two trenches were excavated as part of improvement and refurbishment works. The most significant evidence for previous development on the site was the brick wall remains found in trench 1; walls [8], [9], [10] and [11]. All of these, apart from the brick wall base [9] and wall [11], were at least partly rendered and are theorised to have formed part of the basements of shops which occupied the western side of what was then Church Row in the mid-18th to late 19th century. This is corroborated by the fact that bricks from wall [8] have been broadly dated to the period 1650-1900. Whilst wall [8] was encountered at a depth of approximately 550m-610mm (c.15.27-15.21mOD) and at c.15.52mOD in the NW section, [9] was visible from the top of the trench section (c.15.82mOD), [10] was encountered at a depth of approximately 100mm whilst [11] was also visible from a depth of c.100mm in the trench (both c. 15.73mOD). In terms of trench 2, the most significant archaeological remains were that of wall [18]. This was first encountered at a greater depth than the walls in trench 1 (700-800mm, c.15.13-15.03mOD ). The trial holes did not produce any masonry remains, and can generally be summarised as having a layer of asphalt overlying concrete and a demolition rubble/backfill. Natural deposits were not encountered during the course of the watching brief. |
Author: |
N Smith
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Publisher: |
Compass Archaeology Ltd
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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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St Botolph Row, Aldgate High Street |
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Greater London |
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City of London |
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CITY OF LONDON |
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England |
Grid Reference: 533595, 181225 (Easting, Northing)
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compassa1-283481 |
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A summary of the watching brief detailing site background, known history, research objectives, methodology, and description of archaeological deposits and features recorded supplemented by illustrations and photographs.
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11 Oct 2019 |