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| Name: | Hard area at Reading Abbey Wharf, Reading |
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| HER Number: | 01022.15.000 |
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| Record Type: | Monument |
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Summary
The monks created a clay mound along the waterfront to form a dry area at sometime between 1125 and 1150.
Monument Type(s):
- HARD (Medieval - 1125 AD to 1150 AD)
Description
Initially between confluences of Holybrook/Kennet and mill overflow/Kennet, was marshy land. Monks created a clay mound along waterfront 40m x 16m + 1.5m thick, to form dry area. To south supported by wattle fencing, to north a hard beaching area. Built sometime between AD 1125 and 1150.
<1> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Reading Abbey Waterfront (Bibliographic reference). SRD6888.
<2> 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> | Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1986. Reading Abbey Waterfront. [Bibliographic reference / SRD6888] |
| <2> | 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:
| ERD42 | Abbey Wharf 1983-4 (Ref: W61A, W61B) |
Associated Monuments
| MRD1405 | 14th century oak posts and wattle revetment - Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1407 | 15th century warehouse building - Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1406 | Early 15th century channel - Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1403 | Hard beaching at Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1409 | Phase 7 Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1410 | Phase 8 Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1411 | Phase 9 Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1404 | Revetment - Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1408 | Revetment - Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1402 | Revetment at clay mound - Reading Abbey Wharf (Monument) |
| MRD1374 | Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
NoneSearch results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.