The Old Mill, Bexley High Street, London Borough of Bexley - Proactive Observation Recording Exercise Report

Wessex Archaeology

The Proactive Observation Recording Exercise observed the excavation of two piers for stairwells and the removal of a floor slab on a demolished extension to a depth of between 1m and 1.7m below the present ground level.

All of the archaeological deposits observed during the watching brief appeared to be modern in origin and almost certainly represent levelling deposits and dumps either dumped from the banks of the river or possibly into a mill pond perhaps during the construction of the eastern wing of the Mill shown on the earliest Ordnance Survey maps of the area. The report concludes that archaeological remains do not exist within the development area, any remains which may have been present having been disturbed and truncated during precious building work on the Old Mill.