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| Name: | Early 15th century channel - Reading Abbey Wharf |
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| HER Number: | 01022.15.500 |
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| Record Type: | Monument |
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Summary
In around AD 1410 a new wharf created a narrower deeper channel.
Monument Type(s):
Description
A new wharf about 1m in front of the oak and wattle revetment (see record 01022.15.400) created a narrower deeper channel in around 1410. It was an oak post structure, with planks nailed to the landward side. This new wharf was about 25m long. At the same time in the southern area of the wharf a warehouse was built <1>.
<1> Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J, 1997, Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979 -1988 (Wessex Archaeology Monograph Report Report No.5) (Monograph). SRD12596.
Sources
| <1> | Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J. 1997. Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979 -1988 (Wessex Archaeology Monograph Report Report No.5). [Monograph / SRD12596] |
Associated Events:
NoneAssociated Monuments
| MRD1401 | Hard area at Reading Abbey Wharf, Reading (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
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