Excavation of a Rain Water Harvesting Tank at Middle Temple Garden, Corporation of London

On the 1st May 2010, Oxford Archaeology South undertook a watching brief within the boundary of the Middle Temple Garden, a Grade II Registered Park and Garden (English Heritage), within the Corporation of London. Archaeological observation and recording was undertaken on the excavation of a trench for a new rain water harvesting tank. The buttress for the 1770 embankment was encountered beneath 19th- and 20th-century layers. Nineteenth century-drainage systems related to the Middle Temple Library were also uncovered.