Description

In July 2007 Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ carried out an archaeological evaluation on four sites in the Shooters Hill area of London, at Eaglesfield Park (NGR 543800 176600), Oxleas Wood (543970 1763350), Oxleas Memorial Hospital (543500 176400) and Eltham Common (542800 176600). In addition, a possible bunker structure was investigated in a residential street at Ashridge Crescent, Eaglesfield (NGR 544198 177164).
The aim of the evaluation was to locate and assess any evidence for the survival of World War II defences, and to link these into the wider context of the defence of Britain and the ‘Stop Lines’- specifically, ‘Stop Line Central’ which ran through the Shooters Hill area.