Site Event/Activity record ENT3592 - Excavation at St. Leonard's Court, Newark

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 79880 54020 (point)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Newark, Newark

Technique(s)

Organisation

John Samuels Archaeological Consultants

Date

Winter 1990

Map

Description

A small scale excavation was undertaken within and outside a row of six Victorian cottages known as St. Leonard's Court on Kirkgate, Newark, prior to the restoration of the cottages by the Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust. Five small trenches were excavated, four within the buildings and one outside the W wall. (1) Grid ref centred, though trenches 1 and 2 were in the S end of the cottages and 3, 4, and 5 were at the N end, trench 3 being just outside the building. See E267 for 1988 excavation.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Samuels, J. Feb 1991. An Archaeological Evaluation of St. Leonard's Court, Newark, for the Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust.

Related Monuments/Buildings (17)

  • C19 features, walls and floors in trench 1 and 2, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Late med / early P med pit in trench 3, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Late medieval floor layers and cannon ball, trench 2, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Medieval construction layers, trench 5, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Medieval feature in trench 5, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Medieval features and deposits (phase 1) in trench 2 and 3, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Medieval wall and other features in trench 4, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Medieval wall in trench 2, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Medieval wall in trench 3 and 5, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Medieval wall, trench 3, St. Leonard's Court, Newark
  • Post medieval oven in trench 1, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Post medieval wall in trench 4, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Post medieval walls in trench 2, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Re-used worked stone in medieval wall, trench 2, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Roman pottery from trench 4, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Stake holes in trench 5, St Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)
  • Victorian walls and features in trenches 4 and 5, St. Leonard's Court, Newark (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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