Barking Library, Barking Town Centre Regeneration, Phase 2 TQ
4435 8400 PCA Ltd (Shane Maher) evaluation and watching brief July-Aug
2007 Redrow Group Services Ltd BNA04
Further investigations in the N and NW portion of the Phase 2 site
followed the 2005 watching brief, revealing natural brickearth cut
by a number of Saxon to post-medieval features. These consisted
of a series of Saxon postholes and pits, various medieval features,
including four E-W aligned ditches, a number of postholes and stakeholes
that were part of three distinct structures, and a gravel extraction
pit. A possible 16th/18th c N-S aligned boundary ditch was also
recorded. A layer of undated subsoil sealed both features and natural
and was overlain by 20th c made ground.
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