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Spring 2020
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Research Prehistoric, Roman and Saxon Little Ilford Evidence from Little llford School adds to the growing understanding of the long-term settlement and land-use in a less-understood area of London Les Capon and Helen Chittock Excavation At Stepney Way, Whitechapel A summary based on the key findings from the initial post-excavation work that revealed prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval evidence with some consideration of potential research areas Stephen White Evidence from Refuse Dumping at Shoreditch Layers from a large late 1 7th- and 1 8th-century rubbish tip, known as Holywell Mount, were excavated from below the modern buildings and Phipp Street Lyn Blackmore, Kasia Olchowska and Rob Tutt Plus commentary, news, book reviews and events diary On the Cover Axes and spearhead from the Havering Hoard discovered in September 2018 in Havering, east London. This Late Bronze Age hoard, dating c. 900—800 BC, contains a total of 168 axes, the majority socketed. Many of the 453 objects in the hoard have been deliberately broken. This is the third largest Bronze Age hoard found in the country, and is the focus of a new free exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, open from 3 April to 1 November 2020. |