Potentially valuable Roman artefacts have been recovered from a building site in Barking, Essex.
…committed to ensuring that the historic findings at Barking are rightfully protected and preserved…
The Construction Index writes:
Weston Homes’ Abbey Quays construction site in Barking is next to the ruins of Barking Abbey…
The site is located at the northern end of Abbey Road, and situated between the former Barking Abbey (of which only ruins now remain) and original course of the River Roding. The findings may lead to some academic rethinking on what occurred in Barking during the Roman, Saxon and Medieval periods, according to Weston’s team.
Barking Abbey was originally founded in the 7th Century by Saint Erkenwald for his sister Saint Etherlburg. Following the Viking Raid, the abbey was subsequently rebuilt in the 10th Century. It was dissolved in 1539 as part of King Henry VIII’s Dissolution of Monasteries…
On the landward side of the excavation, a fine chalk block wall has been uncovered which may date back to 12th Century…
Weston Homes chairman Bob Weston said: ‘Weston Homes are committed to ensuring that the historic findings at Barking are rightfully protected and preserved. It is exciting to know that we have found several important pieces of British history that will help to shape our understanding of the early Anglo-Roman and medieval eras…’
