Site Event/Activity record ENT3955 - Watching brief on borrow pit excavation at Staythorpe by ARCUS

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Grid reference SK 76300 53700 (point)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Staythorpe, Newark

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ARCUS

Date

2001?

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Two borrow pits. A watching brief was undertaken on the gravel extraction. In borrow pit 1 the watching brief covered both the fine grained alluvium overburden and the coarse grained alluvial gravel. In borrow pit 2 the watching brief covered just the coarse grained alluvial gravel. (1) Grid ref centred on borrow pit 2. See E9556 for earlier trenching in borrow pits.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: ARCUS. Mar 2001. Interim Statement on the Archaeological Works at Staythorpe Power Station, Nottinghamshire. pp 3, 4.
  • <2> Unpublished document: ARCUS. Apr 2001. A Palaeoenvironmental Study and Watching Brief on Borrow Pits at Staythorpe Power Station, Staythorpe, Nottinghamshire.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Bronze Age animal bone from Borrow pit 1, Staythorpe (Element)
  • Late Mesolithic human remains and animal bones from Staythorpe (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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