Site Event/Activity record ENT4550 - Watching brief for 14 signage pits along A46 between Cropwell Butler and Cotgrave

Location

Location Along the A46 verge roughly between Cotgrave and Cropwell Butler
Grid reference Centred SK 66688 34632 (2356m by 7010m)
Map sheet SK63SE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Cotgrave, Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Cropwell Butler, Rushcliffe

Technique(s)

Organisation

Pre-Construct Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

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Map layers

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Description

Watching brief monitoring the excavation of 14 signage pits for safety improvements along the A46. Nothing of archaeological significance was recovered, and the layers were primarily post-Victorian or natural. Material from a pre-Victorian cobbled road surface was recovered from pits 9, 10, and 11.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: S.A. Savage. 2008. A46 Safety Improvement Scheme and New Safety Camera Signage between Widmerpool and Saxondale, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Watching Brief Report.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Artefacts recovered from watching brief, A46 signage pits between Cropwell Butler and Cotgrave (Element)

Record last edited

Dec 4 2019 1:53PM

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