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Roman and medieval revetments on the Thames waterfront (Paperback)
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Roman and medieval revetments on the Thames waterfront (Paperback)
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Archaeological investigations were carried out in 2006-9 on the
north bank of the River Thames at Riverbank House, City of London,
just upstream of the modern London Bridge and its medieval
predecessor, in the heart of the medieval port. An extensive
watching brief had taken place on the site in the early 1980s (the
Swan Lane car park), but these new excavations were in undisturbed
areas around the perimeter. A 2nd-century AD revetment and part of
the late Roman riverside wall were recorded, while a sequence of
timber revetments, some dated by dendrochronology, witness the
growth of the medieval port from the 12th to the 15th centuries.
Fragmentary building remains relate to medieval and post-medieval
tenements, and pipes from a 16th- or 17th-century ship's pump were
found reused as a drain. Characteristically, foreshore deposits and
reclamation dumps infilling the medieval waterfronts produced many
well-preserved finds, particularly leather and metal objects. The
latter include tools, domestic items, cloth seals and a number of
religious and secular badges. A rare and unusual find was a
devotional openwork panel relating to the life and death of Thomas,
Earl of Lancaster, who was executed on 23 March 1322 by Edward II.
Remains of plants used in dyeing support the documented importance
of the local cloth-finishing industry.
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