Site Event/Activity record ENT5389 - Topographical Survey near Norton Grange Farmhouse, Norton

Location

Location Norton Grange Farmhouse, Main Street, Norton, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference Centred SK 57178 72195 (62m by 65m)
Map sheet SK57SE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Norton, Bassetlaw

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wessex Archæology

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

The Site is located within the northern extreme of the hamlet of Norton, 1.2 km north-east of Cuckney and 7.6 km south-south-west of Worksop, in the county of Nottinghamshire. The initial landscape survey was conducted by means of photogrammetry. Photographs were captured using a DJI Mavic 2 Pro equipped with a Hasselblad L1D-20c 20-megapixel camera. The survey was georeferenced by establishing a series of ground control points (GCP) using a Leica GNSS. All work was conducted in WGS84 and transformed to British National Grid using the OSGM15 / OSTN15 transformation. The photogrammetric survey recorded all visible features within the survey areas using a ground sampling distance of <2 cm/px. The detailed topographical survey conducted for the Site indicates a degree of variability across the Site. The southern part of the Site is generally level, with slight linear variations which appear to correlate well with the extents of development shown on the historic mapping and identified by the geophysical surveys. The earthworks in this location certainly relate to these remains dating from at least the 19th century onwards. To the northeast of, and abutting, the identified building remains is a slightsemi-circular levelled area with banked sid. Cutting southwest-northeast across the northwestern part of the Site is an irregular linear feature, corresponding with the possible bank identified by the geophysical survey. The break of slope and course of the feature is very irregular and appears unlikely to be a deliberate construction. It is more likely the feature is a natural variation, possibly the result of drainage along a change in topography. No features correlating with the possible pit-like anomalies encountered on the geophysical survey were observed on either the topographical or LiDAR data. Within the wider landscape, no features appearing either contiguous nor similar to those possible archaeological features within the Site have been identified.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Seth Price. 2021. Land at Norton Grange Farmhouse, Main Street, Norton, Nottinghamshire: Topographical and LiDAR survey and Statement of Significance with Detailed Gradiometer and Earth Resistance Survey Report.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Irregular earthworks, Norton (Element)

Record last edited

Oct 2 2025 11:45AM

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