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Report Title
Cumberland School Sports Hall, Barking Road, Canning Town, London E16: Archaeological excavation assessment report
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Wessex Archaeology - 2004
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Summary
Summary Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by London Borough of Newham Environment and Regeneration Department to conduct an archaeological excavation at the site of the proposed Cumberland School Sports Hall, Barking Road, Newham, centred on NGR 540055, 181897. The excavation follows an evaluation of the Site which found evidence for possible Roman activity along with a single prehistoric/Roman unurned cremation burial. The excavation comprised a 12m x 18m area centred on a previous evaluation trench. The fieldwork was undertaken over four days, from the 5th to 8th April 2004. Four separate features were found during the excavation. Three of these appear to be natural marshland channels and the fourth, a postmedieval drainage ditch. The postmedieval activity in the area appears to have been curtailed by an episode of flooding which is represented by a thick layer of alluvium that overlies all features. The results of both the excavation and evaluation suggest that no further significant activities occurred in the area until its development in the 19th century. No further evidence for cremation burials was found during the excavation. It is proposed that further analysis of the cremation burial found during the evaluation be carried out to attempt to ascertain its date and that a summary report of the excavation be submitted for publication in The London Archaeologist. i Acknowledgements-----------------------------
Table of Contents
CONTENTS 1. Summary............................................................................................................i 2. Acknowledgements...........................................................................................ii 3. 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................1 4. 1.1 Project Background......................................................................................1 5. 1.2 The Site.........................................................................................................1 6. 2 Archaeological Background...........................................................................215. 8 Proposals for further analysis and publication..............................................6 16. 9 Archive............................................................................................................6 17. 10 OASIS ...........................................................................................................7 18. 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................................................7 19. APPENDIX 1: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS....................................................8 20. APPENDIX 2: OASIS Form............................................................................10 FIGURES 1 Location of Site and Excavation Area
Headings
The Chandlery50 Westminster Bridge Road
8. 3.1 Excavation Strategy......................................................................................2
9. 3.2 Fieldwork Recording....................................................................................3
10. 3.3 Health and Safety.........................................................................................3
12. 5 Finds ...............................................................................................................5
13. 6 Discussion.......................................................................................................5
3 Sections through features 309, 311, and 313
ASSESSMENT REPORT
Summary
Acknowledgements
ASSESSMENT REPORT
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Project Background
1.2 The Site
2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
1.1.9 An archaeological evaluation (PreConstruct Archaeology Ltd 2003b)
3 METHODOLOGY
3.1 Excavation Strategy
1.1.11 The excavation was carried out between the 5th
3.2 Fieldwork Recording
3.3 Health and Safety
4 RESULTS
1.1.22 Archaeological features were found beneath the alluvial layer.
5 FINDS
6 DISCUSSION
7 CONCLUSION
8 PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS AND PUBLICATION
9 ARCHIVE
10 OASIS
11 BIBLIOGRAPHY