Site Event/Activity record ENT4829 - Evaluation near Great North Road, Torworth
Location
Location | Land at Great North Road, Torworth, Nottinghamshire |
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Grid reference | Centred SK 65711 87202 (112m by 184m) |
Map sheet | SK68NE |
District | Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | Torworth, Bassetlaw |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Pre-Construct Archaeology
Date
Not recorded.
Description
The site lies on the northern edge of the village of Torworth, though within the parish of Ranskill, c. 7 km northwest of Retford and c. 10km northeast of Worksop.
All trial trenches were excavated under archaeological supervision using a 360 mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket.
Four ditches or gullies, one pit and one posthole were identified during the evaluation. Although no dating evidence was recovered from any of these features, one of the ditches aligns with a field boundary depicted on an early nineteenth century map and is likely to date to the post-medieval period. It is unclear whether the other linear features represent remnants of Iron Age or Roman field systems or later agricultural activity of medieval to post-medieval date. A pit and a single posthole were discovered in the east and south of the site respectively, but these are of limited significance as their origin and date are unclear. Artefactual evidence consisted of a single fragment of modern pottery recovered from the topsoil in the south of the site.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SNT5509 Unpublished document: Andrew Failes & Margi Koumplis. 2020. Land at Great North Road, Torworth, Nottinghamshire: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation.
Related Monuments/Buildings (4)
Record last edited
Jan 23 2024 4:39PM