1 Stamford Street, London SE1 London Borough of Southwark - Archaeological Evaluation Report

Wessex Archaeology

The only deposits and finds of archaeological significance were recorded in Trench 1, partially preserved in the northern extent of the trench despite widespread modern disturbance. The archaeological features and deposits included a short section of mortared brick wall of 18th – 19th century date.

The wall was sealed by a number of Post-medieval redeposited alluvial clays (backfill) containing Post-medieval material and residual 14th – 18th century pottery. The one residual sherd of Romano-British pottery recovered from the evaluation reflects the general lack of Roman-British finds in the vicinity, the site being c. 600m to the west of the core of Romano-British settlement in Southwark.

Below the 18th – 19th century wall a number of alluvial deposits consisting of humic silts and clays overlaid natural sands and gravels and contained 16th – 18th century pottery, ceramic building material (cbm), waterlogged wood deposits (driftwood) and leather fragments. The lower sections of the alluvial deposits were humified in nature and were therefore extensively sampled.