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Name: Chalk and gravel bank at Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire
HER Number: 02113.18.302
Record Type: Monument

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

A chalk and gravel bank supported by a late 12th or early 13th century birch stake revetment.

Monument Type(s):

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1220 AD)

Description

A chalk and gravel bank supported by a late 12th or early 13th century birch stake revetment <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 Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1987, Bridge Street East II, Interim Report (Unpublished document).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 [Unpublished document / SRD9934]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:

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

Associated Monuments

MRD3947Waterfronts - Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3953A late 12th or early 13th century timber revetment, Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
MRD3952Late 12th or early 13th century channel, Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)

Associated Finds:

  • None