| Title: |
Archaeological Investigations at Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire (NCG 98) |
| Number of Pages: |
98 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A series of watching briefs and archaeological excavations were carried out within the grounds of Newark Castle, a SAM, during works connected with improvements to visitor facilities. Previous work at Newark Castle and within its environs had shown that the area had been inhabited at least sporadically from the Neolithic period. Neolithic and Bronze Age worked flints had been recovered from the castle site, along with an Iron Age coin, and Roman, Saxon and medieval pottery. A Saxon cemetery in the grounds had later been occupied by a Norman rampart, into which later burials had been placed. These events had occurred prior to the construction of the earliest phase of the medieval castle, during the 12th century. The archaeological investigations revealed a sequence of deposits dating from the medieval to modern periods. A complex sequence of stratigraphy was recorded adjacent to the gatehouse. The earliest deposit comprised a layer which may have been derived from the Norman rampart. This contained a number of disturbed human skeletons. The rampart had been overlain by an early medieval floor surface and stone foundations, and had eventually been cut by a medieval stairway, which was found in badly robbed condition. Major medieval stone structures were limited to areas adjacent to the gatehouse, although the redeposited rampart material had continued across the castle grounds, and overlay early medieval ditches and structures. A number of small watching briefs remained to be conducted; these were to be the subject of a later report. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
D. Fell
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| Publisher: |
Archaeological Project Services
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| Year of Publication: |
1999
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Newark Castle Nottinghamshire |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Newark |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Newark Castle |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1999
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: NEWARK CASTLE GROUNDS
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Newark and Sherwood
Monument: [finds]. Neolithic, [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Bronze Age, FLOOR. Medieval (1066-1540), [stair]. Medieval (1066-1540), CASTLE. Medieval (1066-1540), CEMETERY. Early Medieval (410-1066), DITCH. Early Medieval (410-10
Ngr: SK79605400, SK80005400
Parish: Newark
Postcode: NG241BQ, NG241JQ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
