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  • Rebuild of north end of barrel vault after viaduct built

Subgroup Narrative

    • Rebuild of north end of barrel vault; built after the cut for the viaduct had truncated the north end of the vault; GP1
      • Chiz Harward
    • 26-2-2016

Contexts

ContextBasic Interp.Basic ProcessContext Description
MNO12_10 S - Structural Cut C Large truncation event associated with the construction of the railway viaduct and Fenchurch st station. Recorded in geotechnical pit. Visible in plan and in the west facing section. Cuts earlier barrell vault (14). This is then rebuilt as (9) and cut filled with loose rubble deposits (6) and (7), raising ground level to close to present day level.
MNO12_9 CE - Cellar, Basement, etc. CU Rebuild of north end of barrel vault(14) after truncation by(10). Abutts wall (9) to south. Built of remand red yellow frogged brick with a different type of redder bricks in lower courses. These appear to be reused bricks from the demolition of the north end of the vault (14).