Site Event/Activity record ENT4551 - Two exploratory pits and conduit trench, A46 and Colston Gate Junction

Location

Location South of the Colston Gate junction at the A46
Grid reference Centred SK 66226 35075 (25m by 34m)
Map sheet SK63NE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Cotgrave, Rushcliffe

Technique(s)

Organisation

Pre-Construct Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

Two exploratory pits and a conduit trench were excavated. The pits were excavated on 2/9/2006-3/9/2006, and the conduit trench was excavated on 23/11/2006. The exploratory pits yielded evidence for post-Victorian road building. The conduit trench may have revealed part of Fosse Way.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: S. A. Savage. 2006. Stragglethorpe Lighting Cable Replacement Scheme Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Watching Brief Report.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Cobbled Surface, A46 and Colston Gate junction (Element)
  • Roman Road, RR5 - The Fosse Way (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 5 2019 3:38PM

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