Site Event/Activity record ENT4094 - Watching brief at Co-op Store, Kirkgate by TPAT

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Grid reference SK 79874 54073 (point)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Newark, Newark

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TPAT

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April 1994

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Watching brief by TPAT in 1994 at Kirkgate Co-op store, Newark, when floor levels were lowered prior to a new Post Office being opened. An area 18m x 13m in the middle of the building was affected and excavated by machine with toothless buckets. The whole area was lowered by 1.5m with a further strip excavated 0.6m below this for wall footings and four 2m square areas excavated around the roof pillars for foundations.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Abbott, C.. 1994. Results of the Archaeological Watching Brief Conducted at the Co-operative Store, Kirkgate, Newark.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Medieval pottery from Co-op store, Kirkgate, Newark (Element)
  • Saxo-Norman finds and features at Co-op store, Kirkgate, Newark (Element)
  • Saxo-Norman kiln at Co-op, Kirkgate, Newark (Element)

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Apr 24 2017 11:06AM

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