Site Event/Activity record ENT126 - Excavation at Site 2, Red Hill, Ratcliffe on Soar by Greenfield
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SK 49259 30350 (point) |
| Map sheet | SK43SE |
| District | Rushcliffe |
| Civil Parish | Ratcliffe on Soar, Rushcliffe |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Ministry of Works
Date
Oct-Nov 1963
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 considerably amount of damage. Site 2 (field 10, threatened by unauthorised digging). Trial trenching. (1)
Greenfield was working on behalf on the MPBW when the site was threatened by building operations relating to the power station. Site 2 is now under plough. For details of trial trenching see Fig 2. (2)
Grid reference estimated - diagram of the site in (2) suggests it is further to the west, near the cliff edge, than the given grid ref.
See E126 for previous excavation, E8109 for earlier finds, E129 and E708 for later trenches.
RCHME microfilm PRN 2429. (Brief correspondence relating to Roman glass which may relate to either Site 2 or 4). (3)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SNT6160 Published document: edited by S M Walls and K J Walford. 1998. Gazetteer of archaeological investigations in England.
- <1> SNT158 Published document: EMAB eds. 1964. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 7. p 26.
- <2> SNT395 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1982. TTS. 86. pp 16-19.
- <3> SNT5271 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
Jul 9 2026 12:36PM