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This volume presents the results of work from five separate developer-funded excavations between 1992-8. Bronze Age field ditches were sealed by domestic buildings relating to the expansion of early Roman London after AD 70, contemporary with the timber amphitheatre located nearby beneath the Guildhall. The masonry fort was built in the early 2nd century AD and there was no evidence of a long-suspected predecessor. The fort's buildings seem to have gone out of use around the end of the 2nd century AD and its southern defensive ditch was backfilled. Extensive reoccupation came with the establishment of burgage plots after AD 1050. Twelfth-century development included buildings with cellars and evidence of bone- and metalworking. Birds of prey and high-quality pottery and glass imply the presence of a high-status person or property in the 13th century, but little survives from after this time.

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• Full title: Roman and medieval Cripplegate, City of London
• Subtitle: Archaeological excavations 1992-8.
• Author: Elizabeth Howe, David Lakin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• EAN: 9781901992427
• ISBN: 190199242X
• ID: 05021783
• Publisher: Museum of London Archaeology
• Weight: 620 g
• Dimensions: 296 × 210 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. March 2004

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