Site Event/Activity record ENT157 - Excavation at Wharf Close, Ad Pontem by Green

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Grid reference SK 75900 50300 (point)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Thorpe, Newark

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Ministry of Works

Date

1955-56

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Excavations were carried out in 1955 for the Ministry of public Buildings and Works. The results have never been published, and are known only from a summary. The 1955 excavations were apparently located on the south-east side of the multiple-ditched enclosure. (4) *unpublished preliminary (1955) in Newark Museum. See E160 for 1960 excavations by Green in Oddhouse Close.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Serial: MoW ?. 1961. Archaeological Newsletter. 7. 3:70.
  • <2> Published document: EMAB eds. 1963. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 6. p 16.
  • <3> Published document: Society for … Ro Studies. 1961. JRS. 51. p 177.
  • <4> Published document: TPAT. 1992. Archaeology of the Fosse Way - Implications of the proposed dualling of the A46 between Newark and Widmerpool. 2. p 39.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • FEATURES AT WHARF CLOSE, AD PONTEM (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 27 2016 11:50AM

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