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Land to the r/o23 Goswell Road, London EC1London Borough of Islington Watching brief and standing structure report |
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Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The Museum of London Archaeology Service was commissioned to analyse and record the standing structure, namely a masonry wall, to the rear of 23 Goswell Road, London EC1 and to carry out a watching brief within the area of the new electrical substation. The wall is to be incorporated within a new development on the site, and the archaeological investigation and a subsequent report were required as a condition of planning consent for the redevelopment. The investigation took place in June 2007. The post Dissolution wall was found to extend further to the west by 5.75m. It extends beyond the limit of excavation to the west. The exposed section of wall was found to have been built in the same phase as, and was a continuation of, the previously recorded section of wall to the east. Evidence from the adjacent archaeological evaluation to the rear of 23 Goswell Road (GWO05 - Knight 2008) would suggest that contemporary ground level was at c 17.40m OD, meaning that the bottom 0.4m-0.8m of the wall was below ground level. The presence of possible putlog holes near the top of the wall would suggest that the wall was originally much higher. No evidence was found as to when the upper courses of the wall had been removed but it was prior to the construction car park, kerb stones and tarmac path, which probably date from early the 1960s when the adjacent Italia Conti House at 23 Goswell Road was constructed. |
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MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Greater London HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2008
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Listed Wall to the rear of 23 Goswell Road |
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Greater London |
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Islington |
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ISLINGTON |
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England |
Grid Reference: 532041, 182084 (Easting, Northing)
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Museum of London Archaeology standing structure report
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Created Date: |
29 Oct 2021 |