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Monument Number 903346
Hob Uid: 903346
Location : Greater London Authority City of Westminster Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ2797079850
Summary : Gravel quarry in Hyde Park comprising an irregular, flat-based depression 60.5 metres long, 20 metres wide and 1.1 metres deep. It is thought to be one of several pits worked for road metalling for the construction of Rotten Row in 1690.
More information : TQ 2797 7985: Gravel pit (disused). An irregular, flat-based depression 60.5m long, 20m wide and 1.1m deep, is the site of a small quarry for gravel. Depicted on the OS 25 inch map of 1878 (1a), it may be one of several pits worked for road metalling for the construction of Rotten Row c. 1690 (see also NMR nos. TQ 27 NE 108, 110 and TQ 28 SE 125). See surveys at 1:1000 and 1:2500 scales with the archive. (1)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Pattison P and Oswald A, June 1993 RCHME: ROYAL PARKS PROJECT: Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens Survey
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : OS 1st ed 25" sheet London XLIII 1878. Surveyed 1869
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Possibly created in 1690.
Monument End Date : 1690
Monument Start Date : 1690
Monument Type : Quarry
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 27 NE 109
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1993-02-01
End Date : 1993-07-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 903346