Site record CH75
Site name
Chaucer House
Site location
Tabard Street, Pilgrimage Street, SE1
Borough
Southwark
Year
1975
Greater London SMR No.
090327, 090424-5
Location
Latitude: 51.4999597 Longitude: -0.0901683
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National Grid Ref.
TQ32667962
Organisation
SAEC
Type of fieldwork
excavation
Archaeological periods
Roman, Medieval, Post-Medieval
Summary
Excavation in 1975-6 revealed a probable road ditch aligned with Watling Street (Roman Road 1) at the SW end of the site, and apparently used for drainage or as a source of road-metalling. To the NE were three more ditches; two, of 2nd-c date, were probably drains, and the other, of 4th-c date, probably marked a boundary. Like a fenced gravel path, also recorded, all these features lay parallel to the road ditch. Two inhumation burials were found, as were a late medieval ditch and agricultural soil, and a series of 17th-c pits related to buildings shown on early maps of Tabard Street. In 1976 a late medieval building with tile hearths was found, as well as medieval rubbish pits and drainage ditches, and evidence of land reclamation in the 16th-17th c.
Source: Thompson, Alan, Westman, Andrew and Dyson, Tony (eds.) (1998). Archaeology in Greater London 1965 - 1990: a guide to records of excavations by the Museum of London. The Archaeological Gazetteer Series, Volume 2. London: Museum of London. ISBN 0-904818-80-2.
Related sites:
None linked
No. of Related publications:
4 publication(s).
Chaucer House Continues [Mosaic] London Archaeologist Vol:3 Issue3 (1977-06).
Roman Southwark settlement and economy: Excavations in Southwark 1973-91 MOLA Monograph 42 (2009). Cowan, C; Seeley, F; Wardle, A; Westman, A and Wheeler, L (AB78, AW89, BA84, BAQ90, 22BHS88, 89BHS75, 107BHS81, 120BHS89, 124BHS77, 170BHS79, 175BHS76, 179BHS89, 223BHS81, 239BHS87, CH75, CHWH 83, CRODA86, CW83, CW84, GGHL89, GHR82, GHSC77, 170GRA89, GRW91, HEN78, HIB73, HIB79, HR77, HR79, HUM90, HUM91, KHYST82, , book). Published by Museum of London Archaeology
A Late Medieval Pilgrim Badge from Chaucer House, Tabard Street, SE 1 London Archaeologist Vol:6 Issue3 (1989-06). Robinson, James
A Roman Burial from Southwark London Archaeologist Vol:2 Issue14 (1976-03). Yule, Brian
Total Registered Find records in database
0
Total Bulk Find records in database
0
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