- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden pile or post fragment
- Long description
- Fragment of a wooden pile or post [see entries 1884.140.258.1-.15] [SM (Verve) 19/06/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall Gooch and Cousens wool warehouse
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Romano-British
- Date collected
- 1866?
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Found unentered
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 7 mm, Length: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.258.15 PR Cat other PR nos: 1583
- Research and responses
Pitt Rivers monitored excavations happening at London Wall between October and December 1866. He published two papers on this in 1867. His work was also heavily referenced in a 1906 paper by Norman and Reader. Full references: Lane Fox, A. 1867a. ‘On objects of the Roman period found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall’ Archaeological Journal 24:61-64; Lane Fox, A. 1867b. ‘A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of pile buildings.’ Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5:71-83; Norman, P. and Reader, F.W. 1906. ‘Recent discoveries in connection with Roman London.’ Archaeologia 60:169-250 [CB 8/12/2009]
- Associated publications
- Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]
Search terms: Dwelling, Building Part