Site Event/Activity record ENT5116 - Evaluation at Yeoman Park Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse
Location
Location | Yeoman Park Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire |
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Grid reference | Centred SK 54359 63888 (176m by 118m) |
Map sheet | SK56SW |
District | Mansfield |
Civil Parish | Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield |
Technique(s)
Organisation
ECUS ltd
Date
Not recorded.
Description
The Site is located within Mansfield Woodhouse, a settlement located c.3km north of Mansfield. The Site comprises school buildings and playing fields of Yeoman Park Academy. It is bounded to the north by the Manor Academy school, to the south by Leas Park Junior and Nettleworth Infant and Nursery schools and to the east and west by residential housing.
Eight trenches were excavated on the Site, each measuring 30m x 1.8m.
A series of features of archaeological interest were found in the eastern part of the site within two trenches. Ditches recorded within the two trenches correlate with field boundaries recorded on historic mapping dating to 1844, with the adjacent ditches indicating possible evidence of earlier enclosure usage in this area. The ditch recorded in another evaluation trench contained a range of artefacts dating to the post-medieval period, which indicates that this ditch may have formed part of a field system contemporary with those identified in the first two trenches.
The adjacent school, Yeoman Park Academy, was constructed in the 1970s there is evidence for levelling layers building up the ground surface during the creation of the school grounds within five trenches. This is notably absent within three trenches indicating that the ground level may have been reduced in these areas, which would also explain the lack of archaeological features encountered in these trenches.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SNT5770 Unpublished document: Becca Bateman. 2023. Yeoman Park Academy, Mansfield: Archaeological Evaluation Report.
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
Aug 9 2024 12:57PM