Site Event/Activity record ENT4923 - Geophysical Survey near Bracken Lane, Retford
Location
Location | Bracken Lane, Retford, Nottinghamshire |
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Grid reference | Centred SK 71543 80127 (399m by 155m) |
Map sheet | SK78SW |
District | Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | East Retford, Bassetlaw |
Technique(s)
Organisation
WYAS Archaeological Services
Date
Not recorded.
Description
The site is located to the southeast of Retford, approximately 13km to the east of Worksop and 14km to the southwest of Gainsborough. The survey area is bound to the south by Bracken Lane and Bracken Lane Primary and Nursery School, to the west by residential housing and to the north by sports playing fields. Ground cover consisted of overgrown arable. The survey area totaled 3ha.
The survey was undertaken using Bartington Grad601 magnetic gradiometers. These were employed taking readings at 0.25m intervals on zig-zag traverses 1m apart within 30m by 30m grids, so that 3600 readings were recorded in each grid.
The magnetic survey has detected a group of strong responses which may be associated with extraction of natural material for brick manufacture, although other interpretations are possible such as flooding. Little else of interest has been detected and therefore based on this, the archaeological potential of the survye area is low.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SNT5597 Unpublished document: Emma Brunning. 2017. Bracken Lane, Retford, Nottinghamshire: Geophysical Survey.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
May 28 2024 9:47AM