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Name: Revetment at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire
HER Number: 02113.18.201
Record Type: Monument

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

A revetment of oak posts and planks associated with a leat at Bridge Street, Reading.

Monument Type(s):

Description

A revetment of oak posts and planks associated with a leat, specifically at it's confluence with the main channel, but also further from the channel the revetment retains a small clay bank <1>.


Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J, 1997, Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979-1988 (Bibliographic reference). SRD12596.


<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 Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1987, Bridge Street East II, Interim Report (Unpublished document).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Archaeology, 1986, Bridge Street East, Assessment of The Archaeological Implications of the Development on Site B (Unpublished document).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.

Sources

---Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J. 1997. Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979-1988. [Bibliographic reference / SRD12596]
<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 [Unpublished document / SRD9934]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 Bridge Street East, Assessment of The Archaeological Implications of the Development on Site B. [Unpublished document / SRD9933]

Associated Events:

ERD46Bridge Street East, Reading (Ref: Site code W135)
ERD47Bridge Street East, Reading (Ref: Site code W158)

Associated Monuments

MRD3947Waterfronts - Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)

Associated Finds:

  • None