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 ArchaeologicalDesk-based Assessment
 
14 PECKHAM HIGH STREET, PECKHAM, LONDON SE15 5DT Archaeological Desk-based Assessment
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WA Heritage
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February 2008
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Archaeological Desk-based Assessment
Contents Summary
 Acknowledgements
1INTRODUCTION......................................................................................1
1.1Project Background........................................................................................11.2Landscape and Geology.................................................................................1
2METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................2
2.1Scope.............................................................................................................22.2Research........................................................................................................22.3Legislative and Planning Background.............................................................4
3ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.....................8
3.1Prehistoric (500,000BC-43AD.........................................................................83.2Romano-British (43AD-410AD).......................................................................83.3Saxon (AD410-1066) Medieval (AD1066-1499)..............................................93.4Post-medieval (1500-1700)...........................................................................103.518
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 Centuries..................................................................................113.6Cultural Heritage Definitions.........................................................................13
4EXISTING AND POTENTIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPACTS.............13
4.1Potential Impacts..........................................................................................134.2Existing Impacts...........................................................................................14
5ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL........................................................15
5.1Introduction...................................................................................................155.2Legislative and Planning Constraints............................................................155.3Archaeology..................................................................................................15
6CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS......................................16
6.1Summary of Archaeological Constraints.......................................................166.2Further Works and Mitigation........................................................................16
7REFERENCES.......................................................................................178APPENDIX 1- GAZETTEER OF SITES AND FINDSPOTS...................19

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