Title: |
Summary report on archaeological evaluation of cropmark features at Gleadthorpe Farm, Warsop, Notts. |
Series: |
Trent & Peak Archaeology unpublished report series
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Number of Pages: |
4 |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of a reservoir. Desk-based assessment had established that a number of cropmark features had been recorded on aerial photographs of the site. The effectiveness of magnetic survey techniques and fieldwalking on the site were assessed, but neither proved capable of identifying settlement areas or buried features. However, the location, alignment, form and contents of most of the features which had been identified on the aerial photograph plot were established by excavation. One ditch extended further south than had been suggested by the photograph, showing that further unknown features could exist. One ditch and the re-cut of a second ditch were securely dated by finds to the Romano-British period. The quantity of artefacts within one of the ditches suggested that a settlement focus had existed nearby. Remaining ditches within the field produced no datable finds, but could probably also be attributed to the Romano-British period on the basis of similarity of form, and proximity to parts of a 'brickwork-plan' field system immediately to the west. Disturbance from mining subsidence remediation was noted within one of the fields investigated; it was not possible to establish the extent of this disturbance from documentation. Excavation of trench no. 14 revealed no deposits of environmental potential, and showed that the flood-plain of the river lay south of the current channel at this point. A medieval tile fragment from topsoil within this trench reflected its proximity to the supposed site of a medieval grange beneath existing farm buildings. [Au(adp)] |
Author: |
Gavin Kinsley
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Publisher: |
Trent & Peak Archaeology
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Year of Publication: |
1997
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Locations: |
Site: |
Gleadthorpe Farm, Warsop |
County: |
Nottinghamshire |
District: |
Mansfield |
Parish: |
WARSOP |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
aerial photograph |
Grid Reference: 459600, 369777 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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BOUNDARY DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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TRACKWAY
(Monument Type England)
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Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: GLEADTHORPE FARM, WARSOP Study area: Investigation type: Evaluation District: Mansfield Monument: DITCH. Undated, DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540) Ngr: SK59007000 Parish: Warsop Postcode: NG209PE
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Created Date: |
30 Aug 2017 |