Site Event/Activity record ENT4663 - Watching brief at Newark Castle

Location

Location Within the grounds of Newark Castle, Newark
Grid reference SK 79632 54040 (point)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Newark, Newark

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Trent Valley Archaeology Services North Midlands

Date

February 2023

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Description

The watching brief monitored the hand-excavation of a rectangular soakaway and an associated drainage channel running ESE from the existing granite-laid drainage channel. Trench was 1.9m long by 0.70m wide and 0.93m deep. Stratigraphy: turf overlying disturbed and redeposited topsoil. Small fragments of stone rubble, mortar, clay tobacco pipe stems, post-Medieval to modern ceramics. No subsoil or natural geology.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: TVAS North Midlands. 2023. Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire: an archaeological watching brief.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Newark Castle Gardens (Park/Garden)

Record last edited

Aug 9 2023 2:58PM

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