Editing Greenwich (section)

===Early settlement===
[[File:Burial mounds in Greenwich Park.jpg|thumb|Prehistoric burial mounds in Greenwich Park]]
[[Tumulus|Tumuli]] to the south-west of Flamsteed House,<ref>Flamsteed House – designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1675–76, was the home of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, and the heart of Charles II's new Royal Observatory.</ref> in [[Greenwich Park]], are thought to be early [[Bronze Age]] barrows re-used by the Saxons in the 6th century as burial grounds. To the east between the Vanbrugh and Maze Hill Gates is the site of a Roman villa or temple. A small area of red paving [[tesserae]] protected by railings marks the spot. It was excavated in 1902, and 300 coins were found dating from the emperors [[Claudius]] and [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] to the 5th century. This was excavated by the [[Channel 4]] television programme ''[[Time Team]]'' in 1999, broadcast in 2000,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich-park/things-to-see-and-do/ancient-greenwich/roman-remains|title=Roman remains|publisher=Royal Parks|access-date=24 July 2015|archive-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529095025/https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich-park/things-to-see-and-do/ancient-greenwich/roman-remains|url-status=dead}}</ref> and further investigations were made by the same group in 2003.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/2003_greenwich.html|title=Greenwich London|journal=Time Team|publisher=Channel 4|date=2 February 2003|access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>

The [[Roman road]] from London to [[Dover]], [[Watling Street]], crossed the high ground to the south of Greenwich, through Blackheath. This followed the line of an earlier [[Celt]]ic route from [[Canterbury]] to [[St Albans]].<ref>''The Roman Watling Street: from London to High Cross'' O. Roucoux, (Dunstable Museum Trust, 1984) {{ISBN|0-9508406-2-9}}.</ref> As late as [[Henry V of England|Henry V]], Greenwich was only a fishing town, with a safe anchorage in the river.<ref name=Parish/>