This book describes the archaeological evidence from excavations at
Crossrail's Broadgate ticket hall at Liverpool Street, from the
Late Iron Age to the late Roman marsh formation. The site lay 120m
north of the town defences in a landscape dominated by a former
tributary of the Walbrook stream, which ran along the west edge of
the site. The earliest Roman activity focused on draining the site
sufficiently to allow burial and road building in the area.
Extensive remains of an early 2nd- to 3rd-century AD west–east
metalled road with two main phases were traced across the site,
along with several phases of roadside ditches. The road ran west
from Ermine Street, and evidence for horse transport and pasture
suggests that it may have led to the fort in the north-west corner
of Londinium. To the south of the road, seven 2nd-century AD
inhumation burials, including three decapitations, and one
cremation burial formed part of a burial ground in this waterlogged
area. Following on earlier such finds, the large assemblage of
accompanying disarticulated human bone remains one of the most
intriguing aspects of the Walbrook valley.
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