Packington Square Estate, Phase 2, Islington, London, N1

Five trenches were excavated across the site revealing various contexts including tarmac, made ground, the remains of 19th century subsoil, all over the natural sand and gravel. The evidence from the five trenches showed that most of the original ground deposits had been removed down to the natural sand and gravel. The removed deposits had been replace by made ground, when the reduced areas were l…