Site Event/Activity record ENT1138 - Excavation at Holme Pierrepont by MacCormick (canoe 3)

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Grid reference SK 62990 39510 (point)
Map sheet SK63NW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Holme Pierrepont, Rushcliffe

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Nottingham Castle Museum

Date

Dec 1967

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On the 13th December 1967, boat 3 fouled the dragline…Here the threat was immediate. Firstly, the vessel lay in the path of the dragline…Once found, the canoe could be avoided and gravel extracted around it, but topsoil stripping of the next quarry section to the east meant the complete burial of canoe 3 by spoil within a month if it were not removed. (1) See E60 for excavation of canoes 1 and 2.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1968. TTS. 72. pp 14 - 31.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Canoe 3, Holme Pierrepont (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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