184-186 FLEET STREET,CITY OF LONDON EC4
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
Contents
Summary ....................................................................................................................iiiAcknowledgements........................................................................................................iv
1. INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................1
1.1. Background............................................................................................................11.2. The Site: location, topography, geology and hydrology.......................................11.3. Planning and legislative background.....................................................................21.4. Previous archaeological work within the Study Area...........................................3
2. METHODOLOGY..............................................................................................5
2.1. Introduction...........................................................................................................52.2. Archive consultation..............................................................................................5
3. PERIODS REPRESENTED ON THE SITE....................................................6
3.1. The Prehistoric period (500,000 BC – AD 43)......................................................63.2. The Romano-British period (AD 43 –
c
. AD 410)................................................73.3. The Saxon.Period (AD 410-AD 1066)...................................................................83.4. The Medieval period (AD 1066-AD 1500)...........................................................83.5. The Post-medieval period (AD 1500-AD 1800).................................................123.6. Modern developments (AD 1800-present ).........................................................13
4. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................15
4.1. Archaeological Potential………………………………………………………..164.2. Roman/Saxon Road………………………………………………………….....164.3. Saxon/Medieval/Post-medieval Church of St Dunstan in the West……..……..164.4. Medieval Deposits………………………………………..…………………….164.5. Summary…………..…………………………………………………………....16
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES…………………………………………..17APPENDICES
1 Gazetteer of previous archaeological investigations2 Gazetteer of Sites and Monuments Recordsi