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| Name: | Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire |
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| HER Number: | 02113.23.000 |
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| Record Type: | Monument |
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Summary
A medieval revetment and a post-medieval revetment and dock were revealed during an archaeological evaluation at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading.
Monument Type(s):
- REVETMENT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- DOCK (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1875 AD)
Description
Evidence of revetment was revealed during archaeological evaluations on a proposed development site. Evidence included a braid of the Kennet in the medieval period and a dock on the canalised Kennet in the post-medieval period. During the first evaluation a wooden structures was revealed and numerous finds probably reflecting medieval riverbank consolidation/revetment together with natural river deposits. Between the medieval and medieval periods the site was seen to be repeatedly flooded and seems to have been undeveloped <1>. The second evaluation comprised 2 trenches. The first trench contained only modern deposits. The second trench revealed a 19th century revetment along the south bank of a dock, with an associated surface of limestone blocks, and 18th - 20th century finds within the river deposits of the dock. The dock is known to have been backfilled in 1875 <2>.
<1> AOC Archaeology, 1996, An Archaeological Evaluation at Compass Yard, Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading (Unpublished document). SRD12594.
<2> AOC Archaeology Group, 1998, An Archaeological Evaluation at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading (Unpublished document). SRD12641.
Sources
| <1> | AOC Archaeology. 1996. An Archaeological Evaluation at Compass Yard, Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading. [Unpublished document / SRD12594] |
| <2> | AOC Archaeology Group. 1998. An Archaeological Evaluation at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading. [Unpublished document / SRD12641] |
Associated Events:
| ERD55 | Bear Wharf I, Reading (Ref: RFS96) |
| ERD56 | Bear Wharf II (Ref: RFS 98) |
| ERM470 | Compass Yard, Bear Wharf, Bridge Street, Reading |
Associated Monuments
| MRD7391 | Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Find Spot) |
| MRD7384 | Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7379 | Hard standing at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7377 | Modern wall at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7378 | Possible postholes at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7380 | Re-deposited material at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7386 | Revetments at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7382 | River deposits at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7381 | Silty clay layers-Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7390 | Silty deposits at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD7383 | Silty deposits at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
| MRD3917 | Medieval Reading (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
FRD11138 - SHERD (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.