Site Event/Activity record ENT4549 - Trial pit, borehole, and geotechnic pit excavation at Farndon Fields, A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvements
Location
Location | Farndon Fields, A46, south of Newark on Trent |
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Grid reference | Centred SK 77644 51856 (1023m by 1304m) |
Map sheet | SK75SE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Farndon, Newark |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Wessex Archæology
Date
Not recorded.
Description
Three boreholes, seven trial pits, and nine geotechnic pits were excavated at Farndon fields in order to verify the presence of an Upper Palaeolithic site (which had been posited based on earlier archaeological interventions). There was no evidence to suggest an in-situ site, and no Upper Palaeolithic artefacts were recovered. Mesolithic-late Neolithic worked flint recovered which, along with Mesolithic-late Neolithic worked flint from previous interventions, suggests a long-lived prehistoric site that has since been destroyed by deep ploughing and bioturbation. Bulk and monolith samples were taken in order to assess plant macrofossils and sediments.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SNT5183 Unpublished document: V. Birbeck. A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvements Archaeological Works at Farndon Fields (A46 FAR05): Fieldwork Report.
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
Dec 3 2019 2:36PM