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Name: Timber revetment - Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire
HER Number: 02114.15.000
Record Type: Monument

Grid Reference: SU 714 731
Administrative Area/Parish:Reading, Reading, Berkshire
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Summary

Timber revetment to a sluice channel (?) linking the Holy Brook to the Minster Mill stream.

Monument Type(s):

  • REVETMENT (Post Medieval - 1601 AD to 1699 AD)
  • SLUICE? (Post Medieval - 1601 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Timber revetment to a sluice channel (?) linking the Holy Brook to the Minster Mill stream. There is some cartographic evidence to support this. It was found in association with 17th century pottery <1>.


<1> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Fobney Street, Reading: Interim Report (Unpublished document). SRD9960.


<2> Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J, 1997, Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979-1988, Pages 57-58 (Bibliographic reference). SRD12596.

Sources

<1>Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1986. Fobney Street, Reading: Interim Report. [Unpublished document / SRD9960]
<2>Hawkes J.W and Fasham P.J. 1997. Excavations on Reading Waterfront Sites 1979-1988. Pages 57-58. [Bibliographic reference / SRD12596]

Associated Events:

ERD50Reading Waterfront - Fobney Street, Reading (Ref: W152)

Associated Monuments

MRD3963Post-medieval Reading, Berkshire (Monument)

Associated Finds:

  • FRD6188 - SHERD (Post Medieval - 1601 AD to 1700 AD)