The Big Dig : Archaeology and the Jubilee Line Extension

The Jubilee Line Extension ran through Westminster and north Southwark, traversing some of the most archaeologically sensitive areas of London, and ending up at Stratford on top of a medieval abbey.

London Underground commissioned archaeological investigations wherever groundworks (new ticket halls, escalator shafts etc) were to take place along the line of the route (the tunnels lie well below any archaeological remains).

This booklet describes in brief the discoveries made during construction in 1992-1998 - from Neolithic occupation on Thorney Island at Westminster through to the 19th-century burial ground of the poor and destitute in St Saviour's, Southwark, and including major Roman, Saxon and medieval sites.