Site Event/Activity record ENT123 - Excavation at Greenfield's Site 1, Red Hill, Ratcliffe on Soar

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 49800 30200 (point)
Map sheet SK43SE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Ratcliffe on Soar, Rushcliffe

Technique(s)

Organisation

Organisation not specified

Date

Oct-Nov 1963

Map

Description

Emergency excavations were carried out for the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, during October and November 1963. This important site has for many years suffered from the attentions of untrained amateurs, whose diggings have done a considerable amount of damage. The added threat of building operations connected with the new power station occasioned the present excavations. Site 1 (field 24, to be incorporated in the power station) Despite considerable trial trenching, no occupation was found. (2) Site 1 was directly threatened by building operations (connected with power station) and is now destroyed. An area of approximately 144m x 163m was covered with 131 test holes 1.22m square. (3) See E128, E699, E700 for Grennfiled's excavation, E702 for pipeline. See E128, E699 and E700 for associated events.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Published document: Greenfield. 1963. MoW, Archaeological Excavations - Red Hill. p 11.
  • <2> Published document: EMAB eds. 1964. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 7. p 26.
  • <3> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1982. TTS. 86. p 16.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • RED HILL: Post-medieval pottery from Greenfield's Site 1, Ratcliffe on Soar (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 27 2016 11:34AM

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