Site Event/Activity record ENT3756 - Watching brief on road construction at Averham by ARCUS

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 76100 54700 (point)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Averham, Newark

Technique(s)

Organisation

ARCUS

Date

May 1997

Map

Description

Watching brief during any ground disturbance likely to reveal features of archaeological interest. Soil stripping, excavation of ditches, carried out by machine excavators using toothless buckets. The ground was dry and the difference between archaeological and natural deposits was minimal. (1) Grid ref for N end of road See E9283 for trial trenches, E9284 for geophysics, E9487 for fieldwalking..

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: ARCUS. Jun 1997. Archaeological Watching Brief on Averham Relief Road, Nottinghamshire. p 5.

Related Monuments/Buildings (7)

  • Ditch, Averham Relief Road, Averham (Element)
  • Ditches, Averham Relief Road, Averham (Element)
  • Ditches, Averham Relief Road, Averham (Element)
  • Iron Age pottery from Averham Relief Road (Element)
  • Medieval pottery from Averham Relief Road (Element)
  • Modern pottery from Averham Relief Road (Element)
  • Ro pottery from Averham Relief Road (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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