Site Event/Activity record ENT5367 - Watching Brief at Brough Methodist Chapel, Brough
Location
| Location | Brough Methodist Chapel, Fosse Road, Brough, Collingham, Nottinghamshire |
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| Grid reference | Centred SK 83742 58417 (34m by 32m) |
| Map sheet | SK85NW |
| District | Newark |
| Civil Parish | Collingham, Newark |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Allen Archaeology Limited
Date
Not recorded.
Description
The site is located to the east of the A46 at Brough, c.6km northeast of Newark-Upon-Trent, within the administrative district of Newark and Sherwood District Council. The site is approximately 0.04ha in size and presently occupied by a Methodist chapel with a grassed enclosure to the northeast.
The monitored groundworks comprised three areas related to drainage works. A trench was excavated along the southeast side of the extant chapel which continued c.12.5m to the northeast before changing direction to the northwest for a further 7m with a 4.5m return to the southwest towards the chapel. To the northeast, a trench 2.5 x 2.6m was excavated to c.1.0m depth below ground surface, and a further 3.5 x 10.5m strip was excavated towards the northeast corner of the site. This latter area had only the turf removed.
The archaeological scheme of works identified a potentially disturbed, Roman drystone wall that follows the same orientation as Fosse Road. A potential occupation layer of 3rd century date, containing frequent pottery, ceramic building material and animal bone sealed the wall. The high volume of finds from the layer suggested settlement activity on or in the immediate vicinity of the site.
The findings appear to correspond with previous geophysical works, which showed a high resistance anomaly north of the exposed stone feature, which could be related to further stone or brick structures, the full extent of which remains unknown.
The northeast area of the site was stripped of turf and any surviving archaeology remains in situ. No archaeology was encountered in the small trench immediately to the south.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SNT5991 Unpublished document: Maria Stockdale. 2019. Archaeological Monitoring Report: Brough Methodist Chapel, Fosse Road, Brough, Nottinghamshire.
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Record last edited
Aug 21 2025 10:50AM