Excavations at Medieval Cripplegate, London: Archaeology after the Blitz, 1946-68 (English Heritage Archaeological Report)

by Gustav Milne

Nathalie Cohen (Secondary Author)

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The Cripplegate area of London was the site of a Roman fort and later of medieval structures and artefacts. Excavations between 1946 and 1968 by Professor W F Grimes for the Roman and Medieval London Excavation Council were carried out on 25 bomb-damaged sites, and were preliminarily reported by him in 1968. As part of a major post-excavation programme funded by English Heritage from 1992 to 1997, the archived material from these excavations are being fully published in a series of five volumes, of which this book is one. This report analyses the material afresh and re-appraises Grimes' work. It discusses the post-Roman structures and artefacts of the medieval defences, secular buildings (including evidence of Saxon London), parish churches, and a medieval hospital. Finally, these structures are put into a more contextual framework in a discussion of the dating and development of the street pattern of medieval Cripplegate.
  • ISBN10 184802147X
  • ISBN13 9781848021471
  • Publish Date 15 February 2013
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Historic England
  • Edition Digital original
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 167
  • Language English