Site Event/Activity record ENT3802 - Watching brief, phase 5, Girton Quarry northern extension, by TPAT

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 82950 69150 (point)
Map sheet SK86NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Spalford, Newark

Technique(s)

Organisation

Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust

Date

2007

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Description

Machine stripping of topsoil, subsoil and overburden from an 80 - 90m length of the zone of overlap of deposits forming the E margin of the Trent's floodplain with the W foot of a terrace of sand and gravel. All stripping was undertaken with toothless ditching bucket on the back actor of a tracked earth moving machine. (1) See E9396 for nearby fieldwalking and cross refs.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: TPAU. Sep 2007. Girton Quarry, Notts, 2007: Archaeological Monitoring of Machine Stripping Along Margin of Terrace & Floodplain. p 1.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Ditches at Girton Quarry northern extension, Spalford (Element)
  • Fire cracked pebbles from Girton Quarry northern extension, Spalford (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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