Canary Wharf Riverside South TQ 3710 8025 PCA Ltd (Ashley Pooley)
watching brief Nov 2006-Jan 2007 Canary Wharf Group PLC WEF01
Further investigation followed earlier work. A sequence of alluvial
deposits, the latest ones dating to the 18th c, was recorded showing
that parts of the foreshore remained exposed until the first half
of the 1700. At the N end of the site mid 18th c masonry was exposed,
possibly part of early dockside buildings. Evidence of silting up
of the Union Dry dock in the late 20th c and of the 19th c dockside
in the late 19th/early20th c, a consequence of the docks falling
out of use, was also recorded. 20th c made ground sealed the site.
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