Site Event/Activity record ENT5101 - Trial Trench Evaluation near Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent

Location

Location Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference Centred SK 65623 40020 (593m by 686m)
Map sheet SK64SE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Radcliffe on Trent, Rushcliffe

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wessex Archæology

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

The Site is located on to the northeast of Radcliffe-on-Trent and comprises c.18.5ha of land. The Site is bounded by Shelford Road to the north, extant development to the west, a stream, railway line and scrub to the south and farmland to the east. Twenty-three 50 by 2m trenches and eleven 10 by 10m trenches were set out in accordance with the agreed Site plan to an accuracy of within 0.1m using a survey grade GPS. The majority of the features identified in the trenches corresponded with geophysical anomalies, with only occasional features identified through trenching that were not recorded through the geophysical survey. The evaluation suggests that significant archaeological activity is confined to the west of the Site, where both the geophysical and trial trenching results suggest settlement dating from the Late Iron Age to the earlier Romano-British period. There is no clear differentiation between the northern and southern enclosures, although the presence of a shallow hollow way forming the eastern extent of the northern enclosure suggests that this area was not used for habitation. The southern area may also have been solely used for stock control but the small material assemblage, including quantities of charred plant remains, a brooch and possible stylus hints at occupation in at least one of the enclosures.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Chris Harrison. 2013. Land at Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Enclosures near Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent (Element)
  • Gullies near Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent (Element)
  • Late Iron Age/ Roman settlement near Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent (Monument)

Record last edited

Aug 6 2024 2:26PM

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