ABCD: 1347

Billingsgate 74 Lower Thames St., City of London

Site code:

1347

Site details:

Location: Billingsgate 74, Lower Thames St., City of London, 1980, Greater London, England TQ330806
Period: Roman to post medieval
Category: urban
Notes: river frontage dumped deposits - poss. river re-working
Topography: riverside
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Willcox G H. 1980. The environmental evidence. 78-83. In: Jones D M and Rhodes M. 1980. Excavations at Billingsgate Buildings (triangle), Lower Thames Street, London 1974. London and Middlesex Archaeol. Soc. Special Paper No 3. England, Greater London

Processed by

GHW - Willcox, George H: London

Sample: 1347a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO.ER	Period II	layer	grey sand and gravel	Roman	000	100
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: dendro Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: some affects of river flooding plus dumped deposits Archaeological interpretion: layer dumped down slope beyond revetment
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Agrostemma githago pro w 1 1 Anethum graveolens pro w 5 2 Apium type pro w 2 1 Bidens cernua pro w 1 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 1 1 Carduus sp. pro w 2 1 Carex sp. pro w P 17 3 Centaurea cf. scabiosa pro w 1 1 cf. Aegopodium podagraria pro w 1 1 cf. Caucalis latifolia pro w NQ 1 1 cf. Cerastium sp. pro w 2 1 cf. Cuscuta sp. pro w X 2 1 cf. Eriophorum type pro w 2 1 cf. Malus sp. pro w N 3 1 cf. Odontites verna pro w 1 1 cf. Petroselinum crispum pro w 47 3 cf. Potentilla sp. pro w 1 1 Chaerophyllum sp. pro w 1 1 Chenopodium album pro w 9 2 Chenopodium bonus-henricus pro w 1 1 Chenopodium murale pro w 1 1 Cirsium sp. pro w 1 1 Coriandrum sativum pro w 11 3 Corylus avellana frt w 1 1 Crepis sp. pro w 2 1 Daucus carota pro w 3 1 Eleocharis sp. pro w 71 4 Ficus carica pro w 100 4 Galeopsis sp. pro w 1 1 Juglans regia frt w 1 1 Labiatae pro w P 11 3 Leontodon autumnalis pro w 2 1 Linum usitatissimum pro w 2 1 Mentha type pro w 3 1 Morus nigra pro w 2 1 Papaver sp. pro w 5 2 Picris sp. pro w 4 1 Polygonum sp. pro w 10 3 Potamogeton sp. pro w 3 1 Potentilla erecta pro w 12 3 Prunella vulgaris pro w 16 3 Prunus cf. cerasus pro w 7 2 Prunus domestica pro w 1 1 Prunus spinosa pro w 10 3 Ranunculus cf. sardous pro w 1 1 Ranunculus flammula pro w 6 2 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w T 100 4 Reseda luteola pro w 12 3 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 75 4 Rumex acetosa pro w 54 4 Rumex acetosella pro w 100 4 Rumex sp. pro w 10 3 Sambucus nigra pro w 7 2 Scirpus type pro w 13 3 Silene alba pro w 3 1 Silene dioica pro w 6 2 Silene sp. pro w 3 1 Solanum nigrum pro w 2 1 Stellaria cf. media pro w 1 1 Stellaria graminea pro w 31 3 Urtica urens pro w 4 1 Vitis vinifera pro w 1 1

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