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ABCD: 1396

Borough High St (199) Southwark, London

Site code:
1396


Site details:
Location: Borough High St (199), Southwark, London, 1988, Greater London, England TQ330780
Period: Roman-post med
Category: urban
Notes: 21 samples
Topography: lowland river floodplain
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Tyers I. 1988. Environmental evidence from Southwark and Lambeth. 443-77. In: Hinton P (ed.). Excavations in Southwark and Lambeth 1973-76. London and Middlesex Archaeol. Soc. and Surrey Archaeol. Soc. Joint Publication 3. [Borough High St (199)] England, Greater London

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GC - Cambell, Gillian: Glasgow/Oxford Univs

IT - Tyers, I: (London)

PH - Hinton, Pat: Sherborne, Dorset

RN - Nicholson, Rebecca: EAU, York/Bradford Univ

Sample: 1396a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RN (5) ditch fill nr Roman - -

Context integrity: 0
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: nr
Dating validity: 0
Environmental interpretion: marginal & bankside plants plus some economic plants & rubbi
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Alisma plantago-aquatica pro w 30 3
Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 2 1
Carex riparia pro w 2 1
Carex sp. pro w P 4 1
Cerastium cf. fontanum pro w 2 1
cf. Agrostis sp. pro c 1 1
cf. Agrostis sp. pro w P 3 1
cf. Glyceria sp. pro w 1 1
cf. Hordeum vulgare pro c 1 1
cf. Typha sp. pro w 5 1
Chenopodiaceae pro w 43 3
Compositae pro w 1 1
Eleocharis Section Palustres pro w 1 1
Eupatorium cannabinum pro w 1 1
Fragaria vesca pro w 12 2
Galium sp. pro w P 3 1
Gramineae pro w 14 2
Juncus sp. pro w P 308 4
Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro w 3 1
Papaver Section Orthorhoeades pro w X 12 2
Papaver somniferum pro w 1 1
Plantago lanceolata pro w 4 1
Rumex cf. acetosella pro w 1 1
Rumex sp. pro w P 5 1
Sambucus nigra pro w 4 1
Silene sp. pro w 1 1
Stellaria palustris pro w 7 1
Triticum sp. pro c 1 1
Urtica dioica pro w 38 3
Vicia Section Ervum pro w X 2 1


Sample: 1396b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RN 73 well fill nr Roman - -

Context integrity: 0
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: nr
Dating validity: 0
Environmental interpretion: mainly economic taxa & weeds
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Apium sp. pro w 1 1
Camelina sativa pro w 6 1
Carex sp. pro w 2 1
Cenococcum geophilum scl w 1 1
Centaurea cyanus pro w 1 1
Chenopodiaceae pro w 2 1
Ficus carica pro w 18 2
Fragaria vesca pro w 11 2
Gramineae pro w 1 1
Papaver Section Orthorhoeades pro w 7 1
Prunus domestica sl pro w 1 1
Rubus sp. pro w P 1 1
Sambucus nigra pro w 1 1
Umbelliferae pro w 2 1


Sample: 1396c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RN 156 pit fill nr Roman - -

Context integrity: 0
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: nr
Dating validity: 0
Environmental interpretion: plants mainly of economic origin
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
cf. Glyceria sp. pro w 1 1
Papaver somniferum pro w 36 3
Prunus domestica sl pro w 4 1
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 3 1
Rubus sp. pro w P 1 1
Scrophularia cf. nodosa pro w 1 1
Urtica dioica pro w 4 1
Urtica urens pro w 10 2
Vitis vinifera pro w 1 1


Sample: 1396d
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RN 91, 94 dumping/levelling nr Roman - -

Context integrity: 0
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: nr
Dating validity: 0
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Carex sp. pro c 2 1
Carex sp. pro w P 3 1
cf. Agrostis sp. pro c 2 1
cf. Agrostis sp. pro w 6 1
cf. Hordeum vulgare pro c 2 1
cf. Spergula arvensis pro c 1 1
Chenopodiaceae pro w 1 1
Danthonia decumbens pro c 1 1
Eleocharis Section Palustres pro w 5 1
Gramineae pro c 2 1
Juncus sp. pro c 1 1
Sambucus nigra pro w 2 1


Sample: 1396e
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD comb pit fills nr early-late medieval ? ?

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: ?
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: refuse pits mainly
Archaeological interpretion: one pit is Tudor date

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Agrostemma githago pro w 430 4
Alisma plantago-aquatica pro w 5 1
Alnus glutinosa pro w 1 1
Anagallis arvensis pro w 3 1
Anthemis cotula pro w 12 2
Avena sp. pro c 1 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 3 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 3 1
Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 28 3
Bupleurum rotundifolium pro w 5 1
Carex cf. flacca pro w 41 3
Carex riparia pro w 2 1
Carex sp. pro c 5 1
Carex sp. pro w P 11 2
Caryophyllaceae pro w 2 1
Centaurea cyanus pro w 14 2
Centaurea sp. pro w 1 1
Cerastium cf. fontanum pro w 3 1
Cerealia pro c 1 1
cf. Agrostis sp. pro w 18 2
cf. Hordeum vulgare pro c !1 1 1
cf. Secale cereale pro c 1 1
cf. Sisymbrium sp. pro w 1 1
cf. Sium latifolium pro w 11 2
Chenopodiaceae pro c 4 1
Chenopodiaceae pro w 31 3
Chenopodium album pro w 2 1
Chrysanthemum segetum pro w 2 1
Claviceps purpurea pro w 1 1
Compositae pro w 2 1
Conium maculatum pro w 3 1
Damasonium alisma pro w 2 1
Eleocharis Section Palustres pro c 2 1
Eleocharis Section Palustres pro w 15 2
Ficus carica pro w 891 4
Foeniculum vulgare pro w 3 1
Fragaria vesca pro w 2479 5
Fumaria officinalis pro w 1 1
Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w 1 1
Geranium cf. rotundifolium pro w 1 1
Gramineae pro c 5 1
Gramineae pro w 2 1
Groenlandia densa pro w 1 1
Hordeum cf. vulgare pro w 17 2
Hordeum vulgare rai c ! 3 1
Isolepis setacea pro w 1 1
Juncus sp. pro w P 67 3
Lamium sp. pro w 1 1
Lapsana communis pro w 27 3
Lens culinaris pro w 2 1
Leontodon autumnalis pro w 1 1
Lithospermum arvense pro w 3 1
Lycopus europaeus pro w 1 1
Malus cf. domestica pro w 27 3
Mentha sp. pro w P 2 1
Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro w 3 1
Oxalis acetosella pro w 4 1
Papaver Section Orthorhoeades pro w 8 1
Papaver somniferum pro w 5 1
Petroselinum segetum pro w 12 2
Pisum sativum pro c 1 1
Plantago lanceolata pro c 13 2
Polygonum cf. minus pro w 1 1
Polygonum persicaria pro w 1 1
Prunella vulgaris pro c 1 1
Prunus avium/cerasus pro w 3 1
Prunus domestica sl pro w 46 3
Prunus spinosa pro w 1 1
Ranunculus Section Flammula pro w 1 1
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro c 12 2
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 16 2
Raphanus raphanistrum pds w 4 1
Rhinanthus sp. pro w 5 1
Rubus sp. pro w P 470 4
Rumex cf. acetosella pro c 2 1
Rumex cf. acetosella pro w 9 1
Rumex cf. crispus pro w 4 1
Rumex sp. pro c P 3 1
Rumex sp. pro w P 42 3
Sambucus nigra pro w 6 1
Silene cf. vulgaris pro w 4 1
Silene sp. pro w P 3 1
Sonchus arvensis pro w 1 1
Stellaria cf. graminea pro c 1 1
Stellaria palustris pro w 8 1
Thlaspi arvense pro w 2 1
Torilis sp. pro w 26 3
Trifolium sp. pro c 2 1
Triticum sp. pro c 1 1
Triticum sp. pro w 2 1
Umbelliferae pro w 16 2
Urtica dioica pro w 1 1
Urtica urens pro w 1 1
Vicia Section Ervum pro w 1 1
Vitis vinifera pro w 29 3
Zannichellia palustris pro w 3 1


Sample: 1396f
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.PM comb pit fills ? post-medieval ? ?

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: ?
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: ?
Archaeological interpretion: ?

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 2 1
Bromus Section Bromus pro c 1 1
cf. Viola sp. pro w 1 1
Chenopodiaceae pro w 4 1
Ficus carica pro w 16 2
Geranium cf. rotundifolium pro w 1 1
Prunus domestica sl pro w 1 1
Rubus sp. pro w 1 1
Umbelliferae pro w 1 1


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