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Name:	Waterfronts - Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire
HER Number:	02113.18.000
Record Type:	Monument

Grid Reference:	SU 715 731
Administrative Area/Parish:	Reading, Reading, Berkshire
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Summary

A series of water fronts were found during archaeological investigation at Bridge Street, Reading.

Monument Type(s):

WATER CHANNEL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

A series of water fronts were found during archaeological investigation at Bridge Street, Reading <1> Evidence from waterfront sites in Reading suggest a tradition of post and plank revetment of 14th or 15th century date for which there I no apparent example at Bridge Street East. For the period since 1700 at least three phases of substantial post and plank revetments have been recorded, suggesting the course of the River Kennet under Bridge Street has tended to move southwards <5>.

<1> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1987, Bridge Street East II, Interim Report (Unpublished document). SRD9934.

<2> Trust For Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Bridge Street East, Assessment of The Archaeological Implications of the Development on Site B (Unpublished document). SRD9933.

<3> Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J, 1997, Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979-1988, Pages 46-52 (Bibliographic reference). SRD12596.

<4> Trust For Wessex Archaeology, 1985, The Reading Waterfronts (Unpublished document). SRM13459.

<5> Lawson Price, 1993, Archaeological Assessment of land at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Unpublished document). SRM13790.

Sources

<1>	Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1987. Bridge Street East II, Interim Report. [Unpublished document / SRD9934]
<2>	Trust For Wessex Archaeology. 1986. Bridge Street East, Assessment of The Archaeological Implications of the Development on Site B. [Unpublished document / SRD9933]
<3>	Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J. 1997. Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979-1988. Pages 46-52. [Bibliographic reference / SRD12596]
<4>	Trust For Wessex Archaeology. 1985. The Reading Waterfronts. [Unpublished document / SRM13459]
<5>	Lawson Price. 1993. Archaeological Assessment of land at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire. [Unpublished document / SRM13790]

Associated Events:

ERD46	Bridge Street East, Reading (Ref: Site code W135)
ERD47	Bridge Street East, Reading (Ref: Site code W158)

Associated Monuments

MRD3948	11th century watercourse at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3955	13th century chalk hard standing at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3953	A late 12th or early 13th century timber revetment, Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3954	Chalk and gravel bank at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3951	Clay bank at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3956	Flint and mortar walls at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3952	Late 12th or early 13th century channel, Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3949	Medieval leat at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3990	Post-medieval revetments at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3950	Revetment at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3917	Medieval Reading (Monument)

Associated Finds:

None

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