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| Name: | Late 12th or early 13th century channel, Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire |
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| HER Number: | 02113.18.300 |
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| Record Type: | Monument |
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Summary
A late 12th or early 13th century timber revetted channel at Bridge Street, Reading.
Monument Type(s):
Description
4 metres to the south of the north bank of an earlier channel a late 12th or early 13th century channel was revealed. It was timber revetted holding back a chalk and gravel bank. The need to move the waterfront may have been due to backwash silting where the leat joined the channel <1>.
<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 Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1987, Bridge Street East II, Interim Report (Unpublished document).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Archaeology, 1986, Bridge Street East, Assessment of The Archaeological Implications of the Development on Site B (Unpublished document).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 (Wessex Archaeology Monograph Report Report No.5) (Monograph). SRD12596.
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 [Unpublished document / SRD9934] |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 Bridge Street East, Assessment of The Archaeological Implications of the Development on Site B. [Unpublished document / SRD9933] |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 (Wessex Archaeology Monograph Report Report No.5). [Monograph / SRD12596] |
Associated Events:
| ERD46 | Bridge Street East, Reading (Ref: Site code W135) |
| ERD47 | Bridge Street East, Reading (Ref: Site code W158) |
Associated Monuments
| MRD3947 | Waterfronts - Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD3954 | Chalk and gravel bank at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
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