Hogg, I;
(2021)
Activity on the Edge of Lundenwic: Excavations at Parker House in the London Borough of Camden.
Transactions of London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
, 72
pp. 189-220.
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Abstract
In 2016 and 2017 Archaeology South-East undertook a series of investigations at Parker House, Parker Street, London Borough of Camden in advance of the redevelopment of the site for housing. The site lies within the Middle Saxon settlement of Lundenwic and the earliest features found on site date to this period. The activity primarily comprised gravel quarrying within an area demarcated by ditches and spans the later 8th and early 9th centuries AD, a period generally acknowledged as a time when Lundenwic was in decline. The earliest quarry pits were generally shallow and possibly within an enclosure. The later quarry pits, which were deeper and more extensive, were located within a probable rectilinear enclosure formed by two perpendicular ditches, one of which probably formed part of a defensive boundary surrounding Lundenwic in its latter years. The final phases of Saxon activity were characterised by refuse deposition. Industrial activity was evidenced by the presence of a probable mortar mixing pit. The site then appears to have reverted to farmland until the 17th century when further gravel extraction and refuse dumping occurred. This took place as the local street network was being built and the gravel extracted may have been used in their construction. By 1682 the site was bisected by St Thomas’s Street, which was lined with terraced housing. The fragmentary remains of these houses and their back yards containing associated features were investigated. By 1893 these houses had been demolished, the street closed and Parker House constructed on the site.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Activity on the Edge of Lundenwic: Excavations at Parker House in the London Borough of Camden |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology ASE |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10136082 |
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