Crossrail Archaeology Series

Summary

The Crossrail Archaeology Series are a series of 10 monographs which present the results of a campaign of archaeological investigations commissioned by Crossrail Ltd during the building of a new railway across London. They document 10,000 years of London history from Mesolithic period to post medieval.

Crossrail, now known as the Elizabeth Line, connects east and west London and stretches for approximately 100 km from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The construction of the tunnels within central London resulted in one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever undertaken in the UK. These ten volumes represent years of archaeological investigation and analysis that highlight the breadth of London’s history that is found beneath its streets.