Site Event/Activity record ENT754 - Machine excavation of pipeline, Red Hill, Ratcliffe on Soar

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 49600 30200 (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. The digging of a pipe-line by machine was watched. (1) See E125, E128, E699, E700 for Greenfield's excavations.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Published document: EMAB eds. 1964. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 7. p 26.
  • <2> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1982. TTS. 86. p 19.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • RED HILL: Iron Age finds from pipeline excavation, Ratcliffe on Soar (Element)
  • RED HILL: Roman finds from pipeline, Ratcliffe on Soar (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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