This report contains an assessment of the Post Roman pottery finds from the excavation. The report was written by Lyn Blackmore, but has been edited for web by Chaz Morse and Guy Hunt. For a full index of the assessment reports, please see the assessment report index.
After the discovery of a gun-flint in soak-away [1676], Dave gives some further commentary on the workings of flintlocks and their significance in the post-medieval era.
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cremation,
horn core,
horn core pit,
inhumation,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
roman,
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skeleton,
soak-away,
work
A short discussion of the early post-Medieval shoe found in sample 11
This article introduces the antiquarians who first discovered and recorded the site.
Posted under: journal >> Reports
Tags: burials,
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deposits,
drain,
inhumation,
medieval,
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prescot street,
quarry pit,
roman,
soak-away,
south tenter street
Chaz Morse’s Field Officer’s report for June and July 2008
Activity sheet that explains the range of activities that archaeologists undertake.
Episode 3 of the videography series follows the excavation of 2 burials as well as further exciting footage from site. Episode 3 has been released after episode 4 while Anies learned how to use more advanced video editing software.
Tags: dating,
evidence,
feature,
finds,
georgian,
grave,
horn core,
medieval,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
south tenter street,
work
Gary discusses his weeks activities.
Ruth Rolfe’s journal entry.
Tags: burials,
cremation,
cut,
ditch,
evidence,
feature,
fill,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
post hole,
prescot street,
roman,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
stratigraphy,
work
Tags: burials,
cremation,
cut,
evidence,
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fill,
georgian,
grave,
grave goods,
linear feature,
photo diary,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
roman,
site staff,
soak-away,
well,
work
David Ross – his first week
Posted under: journal >> Reports
Tags: burials,
cemetery,
cremation,
deposits,
drain,
evidence,
feature,
inhumation,
medieval,
pit,
post-medieval,
quarry pit,
soak-away,
stratigraphy,
urn
Filed Officers report for the period ending 22nd May 2008
Tags: bone,
burials,
cemetery,
context,
cut,
evidence,
feature,
fill,
grave,
grave goods,
layer,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
site staff,
skeleton,
soak-away,
work
Journal entry by Sara Clancy
Tags: deposits,
environmental archaeology,
evidence,
feature,
fill,
medieval,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
poulaine,
prescot street,
site staff,
work
Guy reflects on going away on holiday from the site and also on our progress in finishing up in Zone 1 as we move into Zone 2.
Ashley reflects on the work he has been doing over the last couple of weeks.
Posted under: galleries >> Video
Tags: construction,
digital project,
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georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
medieval,
pit,
post-medieval,
roman,
soak-away,
victorian,
website
Episode 1 of our new video series. This film introduces the site and gives a flavour of work on the site
Tags: bone,
burials,
cemetery,
georgian,
medieval,
pit,
post-medieval,
pottery,
prescot street,
roman,
site staff,
skeleton,
south tenter street,
work
Tags: aggregates,
burials,
cemetery,
conservation,
cremation,
ditch,
environmental archaeology,
evaluation,
evidence,
feature,
linear feature,
pit,
post-medieval,
quarry pit,
roman,
site staff,
work
Guy presents and update on progress on site and comments on a few areas he has found interesting over the past weeks.
Tags: foundations,
georgian,
linear feature,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
quarry pit,
roman,
site staff,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
victorian,
well
Tags: archaeology and education,
digital,
digital project,
photo diary,
post-medieval,
pottery,
roman,
south tenter street,
videography project,
website,
work
Post-Medieval pits and stuff – and Anies’s film.
Elizabet’s first impressions of the site.
Posted under: journal >> Reports
Tags: aggregates,
construction,
cremation,
cut,
dating,
deposits,
evidence,
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fill,
georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
organic material,
pit,
post-medieval,
quarry pit,
soak-away,
south tenter street
Field Officer’s report for 21st April 2008
Article by Gary regarding the drain leading into the horn-core pit.
Journal update for 15th April 2008
Archive research into the inhabitants of South Tenter Street
Ashley Pooley’s contribution to the journal for the 8th April 2008
Tags: drain,
evidence,
feature,
georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
site staff,
work
First impressions and introduction to the videography project by Anies Hassan.
Guy writes about progress on site.
This article is about Goodmans Fields Theatre, a famous and notoriously wild theatre opened in 1729 on the outskirts of the City of London.
Tags: georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
organic material,
pit,
post-medieval,
roman,
site staff,
soak-away,
soil samples,
south tenter street,
stratigraphy,
victorian,
well,
work
Gary writes about his ongoing pit digging experiences
Article about Minories Station near the Prescot Street site in E1
This article is about the Catholic Church of the English Martyrs, built by E. W Pugin in the 19th century, and still an active place of worship today.
This article is about the Magedelen Asylum for Prostitutes that stood on Prescot Street in the 18th century.
This article discusses the Old Infirmary that stood on Prescot Street during the mid 18th century.
This article discusses the first Sunday Schools, which were established in the Particular Baptist Church in Prescot Street.
Tags: cut,
feature,
fill,
georgian,
layer,
organic material,
post-medieval,
site staff,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
victorian,
work
This is a first journal post from Greg Crees. He talks about the large circular feature he is excavating. It is certainly post medieval, but is it another soakaway…?
Photo diary entry for 28th March and 31st March 2008.
This is the first post in the journal by site assistant Sara Clancy.
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Posted under: journal >> Reports
Tags: basement,
cellar,
deposits,
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drain,
horn,
horn core,
horn core pit,
hornworking,
layer,
medieval,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
roman,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
spoil,
victorian,
walls,
well
This article is the report for the week ending 28th March 2008, written by Field Officer Chaz Morse.
Posted under: the-site >> Post-Medieval
Tags: census,
community,
digital project,
documentary sources,
evidence,
foundations,
georgian,
outreach,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
victorian,
website
This is a short article covering what we know about South Tenter Street from documentary and archaeological sources.
Tags: context,
evidence,
feature,
georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
objects,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
shovelling,
site staff,
south tenter street,
stratigraphy,
victorian
Photo diary entry for 27th March.
Tags: archive,
census,
community,
digital project,
documentary sources,
evidence,
history,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
south tenter street,
victorian,
website
Lorna is looking at archive evidence for who lived in the houses at South Tenter Street and Prescot Street before they were destroyed in the Second World War.
A set of images of Georgian buildings in and around the site.
Posted under: about >> Methodology
Tags: deposits,
ditch,
drain,
evidence,
feature,
fill,
foundations,
georgian,
layer,
medieval,
objects,
pit,
post-medieval,
post hole,
prescot street,
quarry pit,
roman,
south tenter street,
strategy
This is a brief overview of the excavation strategy.
Tags: construction,
cut,
deposits,
digital project,
drain,
feature,
fill,
horn,
horn core,
horn core pit,
hornworking,
organic material,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
victorian
A first journal post from Fergal O’Donoghue about the soak away he is digging.
Tags: building materials,
cellar,
construction,
context,
cut,
fill,
foundations,
georgian,
horn core,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
website,
well,
work
Photo diary entry for 25th March 2008.
This journal entry by Ashley Pooley discusses the effects of the Blitz on the properties that stood at 4 – 6 South Tenter Street, that we have identified from the archaeological record.
Photos from the second days work at Prescot Street.
Article about the primary findings of soak-aways in the northwest corner by Gary Webster.
Tags: evidence,
foundations,
georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
work
Starting out on site and a few notes about the post medieval period on the site.
Posted under: learning >> FAQ
Tags: archive,
census,
community,
dating,
documentary sources,
evaluation,
evidence,
feature,
history,
maps,
medieval,
methodology,
post-medieval
This article explains how archaeologists know where to look. It explains in more depth how sites are found and the process of desk based research.
Glossary definition of horn core pit
Glossary definition of culvert.
Glossary definition of tenter ground
Posted under: the-site >> Post-Medieval
Tags: building materials,
census,
community,
data,
dating,
documentary sources,
evidence,
georgian,
goodman's fields,
history,
hornworking,
medieval,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
second world war,
settlement,
south tenter street,
tenter ground
This article discusses the development of the Prescot Street site illustrated through documentary sources.
This article is about the type of late Medieval leather shoe found during the evaluation in 2006.
