GREATER LONDON City of London 3/606 (E.01.6024) TQ 30358150 1 PLOUGH PLACE, CITY OF LONDON An Archaeological Watching Brief at 1 Plough Place, City of London, London EC4 Butler, J London : Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, 12pp, figs, refs The archaeological watching brief revealed extensive archaeological deposits across the central and south-east parts of the site. These consisted of up to 1.7m of medieval dumps and possible clay and gravel surfaces to the south-east of the site overlying waterlain material extending to a depth of at least 5m beneath the concrete slab. Cut into the medieval dumps were two barrel-wells providing evidence of early post-medieval occupation. The waterlain deposits were present across the central and southeastern areas of the site, suggesting the presence of perhaps a lost tributary of the River Fleet. The presence of apparently horizontal stratified deposits, including possible surfaces towards the south-east of the site, suggested terracing down to the Fleet valley towards the east with the remains of medieval cellars or other structures. No archaeological deposits were revealed to the north or west of the site with only natural sandy gravel and London Clay being observed. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: MD 3/607 (E.01.6030) TQ 31358088 12 KING'S BENCH WALK, INNER TEMPLE An Archaeological Watching Brief at 12 King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple, City of London, London EC4 Cuthbertson, T London : Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, 17pp, figs, refs An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on the excavation of a lift pit. In the north west corner of the pit excavation of a sump revealed the presence of two post-medieval deposits with finds dating the deposition in the late 18th century. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PM 3/608 (E.01.6032) TQ 31058160 43-46 SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS 43-46 Southampton Buildings, London WC2, City of London. An Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief Report Telfer, A London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, 37pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological excavation and watching brief was undertaken during the refurbishment of the existing building. Removal of the existing floor in the light well revealed a substantial, curving chalk foundation, which was consistent with the location and design of the circular church of the Knights Templars, dating to the 12th century. The foundation curved across the centre of the light well, truncating a series of intercutting Roman features on either side. One of these features had itself truncated a skeleton, aligned E-W, displacing its skull and upper arms. The burial appeared to have been placed in the base of a north-south aligned ditch, which was cutting into natural sand and gravel. A further Roman deposit was recorded in the southern art of the area under investigation. [Au(abr)] 1
Archaeological periods represented: RO, MD, UD 3/609 (E.01.6049) TQ 34108064 46-48 EAST SMITHFIELD 46-48 East Smithfield, London E1. Watching Brief During August 2000 Bruce, G Twickenham : AOC Archaeology Group, 2000, Work undertaken by: AOC Archaeology Group The watching brief revealed a pit, with a depth of 0.5m that contained a single fill with occasional fragments of c.1690-1800 date Tin Glazed Ware. A 0.6m thick layer of modern demolition material covered the pit. The eastern pit (2m by 1m) contained natural gravel within 0.2m of the surface, sealed by loose modern rubble which contained a residual clay pipe bowl of late spur tipe dating to c.1690-1710. The southern trench (0.75m x 3m) contained natural gravel at 0.5m below the modern surface, sealed by recent demolition material. No deposits or artefacts of Roman date were observed. Previous buildings on the site had clearly truncated earlier ground levels, down to and probably into the natural. The single post-medieval pit may have originally been significantly deeper. [Au] 3/610 (E.01.6031) TQ 32408110 49-52A BOW LANE LONDON An Archaeological Watching Brief at 49-52a Bow Lane, City of London, London EC4 Butler, J London : Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, 27pp, figs, refs The earliest deposit revealed during the watching brief, was a dark grey silty layer of Saxo-Norman date. Fragments of ragstone and chalk masonry forming the north, east and south walls of a cellar of probable medieval date were observed to the north-east of the site. A later post-medieval brick-lined well or cesspit was observed adjacent to the north wall of the cellar. To the south of the cellar a dump of brickearth and chalk rubble of probable medieval date was revealed. To the east of the cellar another N-S aligned ragstone and chalk foundation of medieval date was probably part of a separate building on an adjacent property. The cellar was backfilled by brick and mortar demolition debris containing fragments of burnt pottery dating to the middle of the 17th century, suggesting that the building had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: MD, PM 3/611 (E.01.6103) TQ 31458141 ATHENE PLACE, 66-73 SHOE LANE & 22 ST ANDREW STREET Athene Place, 66-73 Shoe Lane & 22 St Andrew Street, London EC4, City of London. An Archaeological Watching Brief Report Blair, I London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, 26pp, figs, tabs, refs The watching brief demonstrated that almost all archaeological deposits had been truncated during the 20th century across most of the site, and that only small isolated pockets of in-situ archaeology survived beneath a site-wide dump of rubble demolition debris. The remaining fragmentary archaeological deposits probably represented the remains of external dumps or truncated pit fills of medieval and post-medieval date. The only dateable finds were four sherds of 16th century and 14th century pottery, which were recovered from trial pits 22 and 36 respectively. During the ground reduction on the north side of the site, the outline of part of a north-south medieval chalk foundation was recorded adhering to the face of the concrete skin wall of the neighbouring building. A short length of a late post-medieval culverted brick drain was also recorded in a slit trench. [Au(abr)] 2
Archaeological periods represented: MD, PM, UD 3/612 (E.01.6028) TQ 31608124 CABLE SUBWAY TRENCH AT 120 FLEET STREET (THE FORMER DAILY EXPRESS BUILDING) An Archaeological Watching Brief on a Cable Subway Trench at 120 Fleet Street (The Former Daily Express Building), City of London EC4 Rae, A London : Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, 14pp, figs, refs An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during the excavation of a cable subway trench. A single foundation shaft was monitored and revealed evidence of human activity consisting of made ground and partially intact foundations dating to the 19th and 20th centuries. No earlier archaeological stratum was revealed during the course of the watching brief. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PM, MO 3/613 (E.01.6029) TQ 31608124 CRANE BASE AT 120 FLEET STREET (THE FORMER DAILY EXPRESS BUILDING) An Archaeological Watching Brief on a Crane Base at 120 Fleet Street (The Former Daily Express Building) City of London, London EC4 Rae, A London : Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, 15pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on the excavation of a trench for the foundation of a tower crane base. The trench revealed evidence of human activity consisting of made ground and partially intact foundations dating to the 19th and 20th centuries. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PM, MO 3/614 (E.01.6020) TQ 33208128 ST HELEN'S CHURCH, BISHOPGATE An Archaeological Watching Brief and Excavation at St Helen's Church, Bishopgate, City of London, London, EC3 Rae, A London : Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, 32pp, figs, An archaeological watching brief and excavation was undertaken prior to development. Trenches 1 and 2 revealed a post-medieval make-up deposit containing disarticulated human bone. Pit 1 was excavated under a post-medieval pavement and contained the backfill of an earlier archaeological test pit, which sealed a medieval chalk wall, possibly related to the 13th century nunnery. Pit 2 revealed a series of medieval and early post-medieval dumping deposits that were sealed by a post-medieval pavement. Pit 3 contained a post-medieval cut aligned E-W and disarticulated human bone, which had truncated an undated dumping deposit and was sealed by a post-medieval pavement. In pit 4, a series of medieval and early post-medieval dumping deposits were revealed, sealed by a post-medieval pavement. The ground reduction programme within the churchyard revealed a badly truncated early post-medieval brick built crypt, containing disarticulated human bone. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: MD, PM, UD 3
3/615 (E.01.6059) TQ 31968118 ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD Temporary Public Toilets, St Paul's Churchyard, London EC4 (Part of Paternoster Square Redevelopment), City of London. An Archaeological Watching Brief Report Sankey, D London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, 12pp, figs, refs An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on the construction of a temporary toilet block and sewer connection on the north side of St Paul's Churchyard. Cut features containing Roman pottery and tile were recorded in the sides of a tunnel underneath the former road 'St Paul's Churchyard'. Their exposure lay between 11.2-12.25m OD and archaeology survived beyond the limits of excavation in all directions. Archaeologically sterile natural brickearth was observed up to 12.25m OD. No archaeology was seen in the manhole shaft or the larger area of ground reduction for the installation of the toilet block. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: RO 3/616 (E.01.6050) TQ 33198075 ST. DUNSTAN'S IN THE EAST, ST. DUNSTAN'S HILL An Archaeological Watching Brief at St Dunstan's in the East, St Dunstan's Hill, EC3, City of London Fitz, P Twickenham : AOC Archaeology Group, 2000, 13pp, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: AOC Archaeology Group The work undertaken involved the observation of a network of narrow cable trenches and spotlight positions and one larger pit on the northern side of the south nave wall of St. Dunstan's. Brick masonry of Laing's 19th century rebuilding of the church was observed, as was one remnant of a collapsed brick vault. The pit against the nave wall revealed its foundation to be a standard English coursed brick wall, this too was likely to have been attributed to the rebuild of the church by David Laining in 1817. No finds were recorded. Some residual human bone in upper soil levels had been reburied from the area in which they had been disturbed. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PM, UD 3/617 (E.01.6027) TQ 31438095 WHITEFRIARS An Archaeologcial Watching Brief at Whitefriars, City of London EC4 Pre-Construct Archaeology London : Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, 9pp, figs The archaeological watching brief revealed medieval ground reclamation deposits overlying the foreshore. Documentary evidence suggested that the waterfront had advanced 100 feet to the south in 1396, if it had then the earlier wall would have been located within the footprint of the proposed development. The probable date of deposition suggested by recovered tile and pottery supported the hypothesis that the wall was likely to have been located in Victoria House. Reclamation deposits interpreted as being associated with the 1396 wall contained large quantities of organic material such as straw and wood and leather artefacts. The test pits excavated in Whitefriars House demonstrated that the lowest medieval ground reclamation deposits associated with the construction of the 1396 river wall had survived truncation by the present standing building. The composition of the reclamation deposits recorded in these pits was the same as those recorded to the north and west during the evaluation of the site and as such would potentially provide a rich source of medieval artefacts such as leather and metal. [Au(adp] 4
Archaeological periods represented: MD, PM 5