Site Event/Activity record ENT752 - Excavation at Greenfield's Site 4, Red Hill, Ratcliffe on Soar

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 49399 30599 (point)
Map sheet SK43SE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Ratcliffe on Soar, Rushcliffe

Technique(s)

Organisation

Ministry of Works

Date

Oct-Nov 1963

Map

Description

Emergency excavations were carried out for the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, during October and November 1963. This important site has for many years suffered from the attentions of untrained amateurs, whose diggings have done a considerable amount of damage. The added threat of building operations connected with the new power station occasioned the present excavations. Site 4 (field 6), a mound with a possible building beneath it. (1) Site 4 remains undisturbed (other areas now destroyed). Trial trenches. Neither plans nor finds from this site are available now. (2) See E124 for nearby excavation by Houldsworth, E125, E128 and E699 for Greenfield sites 1-3. RCHME microfilm PRN 2429. (Brief correspondence relating to Roman glass which may be associated with either Site 2 or 4). (3)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Published document: EMAB eds. 1964. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 7. p 26.
  • <2> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1982. TTS. 86. pp 16-19.
  • <3> Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • RED HILL: Roman features at Greenfield's Site 4, Ratcliffe on Soar (Element)

Record last edited

Jul 9 2026 1:01PM

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