Series: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited Monograph

Reports the excavation of a marginal Roman site in Southwark. A significant lithic assemblage indicates occupation during the Later Mesolithic and Later Neolithic/Bronze Age. A cluster of possible ard marks suggests that the site was dry enough for cultivation, possibly during the second millennium BC. The earliest Roman activity consisted of exploitation of the marshland's natural resources, including a possible dam and a fish weir or causeway. A major discovery was a possible jetty and a post-and-plank revetment along the western edge of Guy's Channel. These waterfront installations are dated to the early-second century AD and their abandonment to c. AD 170. The remains of a late-third-century timber-walled structure containing a significant number of amphorae sherds was found. After AD 200 numerous sherds of Camulodunum-type bowls were found within Guy's Channel and across the site. Eight copies of early-third-century AD Severan denarii were found and various other finds seem to indicate leatherworking and leadworking in the vicinity. The site became submerged during the fifth-century AD until c. 1300 AD. Maps from the eighteenth-century show housing on the site, but little has survived archaeologically. Includes separately authored reports on: