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Name: | The Plummery Wall, Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire |
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HER Number: | 01022.08.100 |
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Record Type: | Monument |
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Summary
A section of wall immediately east of the junction of Forbury Road and Kenavon Road.
Monument Type(s):
- WALL (Medieval to Unknown - 1101 AD)
Description
Precinct wall on the north of the Abbey is called the Plummery Wall. It is proposed to incorporate the wall in a new road layout. TWA evaluated a section of the wall immediately east of junction Forbury and Kenavon roads. A flint and mortar medieval fabric within later refacing was found. TWA have photogrammatic evidence (Jan 1987) <1> <2>.
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1989, Plummery Wall Architectural Stonework - Archive Catalogue (Unpublished document). SRM15150.
<1> Trust For Wessex Archaeology, 1987, Evaluations at Napier Road and Plummery Wall, Reading (Unpublished document). SRD6880.
<2> Trust For Wessex Archaeology, 1989?, Archaeological observations along the line of the Plummery Wall, Reading Abbey, 1987-1989 (Unpublished document). SRM13130.
Sources
--- | Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1989. Plummery Wall Architectural Stonework - Archive Catalogue. [Unpublished document / SRM15150] |
<1> | Trust For Wessex Archaeology. 1987. Evaluations at Napier Road and Plummery Wall, Reading. [Unpublished document / SRD6880] |
<2> | Trust For Wessex Archaeology. 1989?. Archaeological observations along the line of the Plummery Wall, Reading Abbey, 1987-1989. [Unpublished document / SRM13130] |
Designations
- Scheduled Monument 1007932: Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork.
Associated Events:
ERM493 | Forbury Roundabout, Reading (Ref: W181) |
Associated Monuments
MRD1383 | Precinct Wall - Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
MRD6365 | Plummery wall on northern side of Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
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