Originally Posted by
petromax
I believe horizontal timber stays were found anchoring the dock walls to the surrounding rock/silt/mud (rather than the dock walls holding back large volumes of infill). This suggests the dock was substantially dug into the muddy banks or maybe half dug in as a 'cut and fill' and there would thus have been minimal fill. I would have thought the rest of the creek almost filled itself in as the creek would not have carried the silt away any longer. Maybe there is a culvert somewhere carrying the original creek, perhaps running into the dock under John Lewis?
Perhaps someone here has the archaeological report from the recent diggings?
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