Site Event/Activity record ENT5115 - Excavation at Warsop West Field, Warsop

Location

Location Warsop West Field, Warsop
Grid reference Centred SK 55779 65821 (522m by 555m)
Map sheet SK56NE
District Mansfield
Civil Parish Warsop, Mansfield

Technique(s)

Organisation

Sherwood Archaeological Society

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

On excavating the ploughsoil over the first trench a number of Romano-British pottery sherds were found. Excavation of the ploughsoil of the second trench revealed a quantity of RB pottery sherds and heat affected stones. The ditch was completely excavated. This resulted in a lot of RB pottery finds and a small bronze brooch styled like a torc on the western edge of the ditch cut. Since there was a small quantity of Iron Age pottery sherds amongst the finds, it is possible that this feature may have been an Iron Age ditch and later used as a midden in the Romano-British period. A third trench produced RB pottery sherds when removing the ploughsoil, the majority from the central area of the trench. A 1m sondage was excavated where more RB pottery sherds were found. Excavation of a fourth trench revealed a stone built well of very good quality. It was oberserved that the structure was surrounded by stones at the level of the top of the natural sand. This may be indicating the top of the construction pit for the well. From this opportunity to see the effect of cultivation on the site it was considered likely that the only structures to survive in situ would only be the ones deep enough, as the well had. From the discovery amongst the finds of fragment tiles scored for keying to plaster a heating system was possible. The fill of the construction pit was tightly packed with large stones as far down that the limited depth of excavation allowed. The well does seem to be very robust and high quality structure and at the time must have been expensive. On the assumption that any surviving structures would have to be lower than the ploughsoil and hoping to prove the presence of a heating system, a geophysical anomaly was targeted. Removal of the trench ploughsoil produced RB pottery sherds. The ditch was excavated and contained very few finds. The darker context down the sides of the ditch and over the bottom contained a great number of RB pottery sherds, including stamped Samian ware. Charcoal, bones and HAS were also found. Among the ferrous finds, mostly nails, there was a large item, length 200m and unidentified. This was more likely the explanantion for the geophysical anomaly rather than a furnace or heating system.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: David Burton. 2016. Warsop West Field: The Investigation of an Iron Age and Romano-British Site.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Finds from Warsop West Field, Warsop (Element)
  • Well at Warsop West Field, Warsop (Element)

Record last edited

Aug 9 2024 9:28AM

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