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Name: | A late 12th or early 13th century timber revetment, Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire |
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HER Number: | 02113.18.301 |
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Record Type: | Monument |
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Summary
A late 12th or early 13th century birch stake revetment supporting a chalk and gravel bank.
Monument Type(s):
Description
A birch stake revetment supporting a chalk and gravel bank was revealed. It is dated to late 12th or early 13th century by its similarity to structures of that date at the Abbey site <1>.
<1> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1987, Bridge Street East II, Interim Report (Unpublished document). SRD9934.
<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. 1987. Bridge Street East II, Interim Report. [Unpublished document / SRD9934] |
<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:
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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