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Name: Silty deposits at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire
HER Number: 02113.23.080
Record Type: Monument

Grid Reference: SU 714 730
Administrative Area/Parish:Reading, Reading, Berkshire
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Summary

A series of silty deposits were revealed at Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading during an archaeological evaluation.

Monument Type(s):

Description

A series of silty deposits in trench 2. Dipping to the north, probably built up during inundation of hollows during periods of flooding between several braided channels that originally ran east-west across this area. Some deposits contained shell and bone fragments <1>.


<1> AOC Archaeology, 1996, An Archaeological Evaluation at Compass Yard, Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading (Unpublished document). SRD12594.

Sources

<1>AOC Archaeology. 1996. An Archaeological Evaluation at Compass Yard, Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading. [Unpublished document / SRD12594]

Associated Events:

ERD55Bear Wharf I, Reading (Ref: RFS96)

Associated Monuments

MRD7376Bear Wharf, Fobney Street, Reading, Berkshire (Monument)

Associated Finds:

  • None