Title: |
Interim report on archaeological watching-briefs and excavations at Girton Quarry 1997 |
Number of Pages: |
4 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
Watching briefs and excavations were carried out as part of an ongoing project at the site of an extension to a gravel quarry, following an evaluation undertaken the previous year. A highly provisional picture of the development of the landscape fragment which had been preserved within the quarry area had begun to emerge. A channel recognised to the north within the existing quarry appeared to have given way to a series of ponds and water-related features, which seemed to have been demarcated by humans on at least one side, and which may have influenced if not formed the basis of land divisions in the locality. The date of the features and ponds was not certain, but the channel was known to have been open in the Bronze Age, indicating a probable prehistoric date for the boundary features. Settlement at the site in the early-middle Anglo-Saxon period appeared to have been restricted to the area of a sand dune. The first traces of settlement of this date seen during the current phase of work, comprising features and cultivation marks, appeared to have been preserved beneath the brown sand which ringed the dune. The topography and land use further to the east at this time remained to be established. By the late Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods, the boggy ground occupied by the ponds had been defined on its west side by ditch systems which had been recut several times, and which may have been in use for some time. To the west, ridge and furrow appeared to have generally respected the ditch alignments, and consequently may well have first been formed in this period. The brown sand ringing the dune was considered likely to have been the preserved remnant of a soil formed after the occupation of the settlement, although the mechanism of formation was unknown. Late Saxon/medieval ploughing appeared to have eroded this sediment on top of the dune and converted it to ploughsoil in the flatter ground further east, leaving it preserved only at the base of the dune slopes where deposits had accumulated rather than having been eroded. The ridge and furrow may well have remained in use until the Enclosure period (18th-19th century), when the current field layout could be presumed to have been established. [Au(adp)] |
Author: |
Gavin Kinsley
H Jones
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Publisher: |
Trent & Peak Archaeology
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Year of Publication: |
1997
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Auadp |
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Subjects / Periods: |
BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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Late Saxonmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Enclosure Period 18th19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: GIRTON QUARRY, NEWARK Study area: Investigation type: Post-determination/Research District: Newark and Sherwood Monument: CULTIVATION MARKS. Early Medieval (410-1066), DITCH. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Prehistoric, BOUNDARY. Prehistoric, DITCH. Early Medieval (410-1066), GULLY. Prehistoric, RIDGE AND FURROW. Medieval (1066-1540), [cultivation mark]. Early Medieval (410-1066) Ngr: SK82006800 Parish: Girton Postcode: NG237HX
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |