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Whalebone Lane North
Greater London Authority, England · Atlas EN3897
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3897 (3897)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Greater London Authority
- Historic county
- Essex
- National Grid reference
- TQ 4870 8940
- Latitude
- 51.58379
- Longitude
- 0.14488
- Altitude
- 38 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop, lowland, and spur
- Aspect
- level
Dating
- Dating
- 800–400 BC
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- pits and postholes
- Finds
- pottery and lithics
- Investigations
- Excavation (1988); Other (2000-2008)
Identifiers
- HER
- Greater London MLO23737
- Wikidata
- Q31055968
Sources
References
- AOC Archaeology Group, 2003. Archive for an Archaeological Watching Brief at Marks Warren Quarry, Barking and Dagenham [MWQ02].
- Archaeological Solutions Ltd, 2008. Archive for Marks Warren Quarry, Whalebone Lane North, Romford, Essex, Area 9, Archaeological Monitoring And Recording Interim Report [GLHER Report LAG 01/052].
- Maloney, C. 2001. Fieldwork Round-up 2000. London Arch. 9/2001, 67
- Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2004. Archive for Understanding the East London Gravels Part 1: A Post-Excavation Assessment. Passmore Edwards Museum (1988)