Element record L11788 - Ditched platform at Bothamsall Bog
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SK 66519 72810 (point) |
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Map sheet | SK67SE |
District | Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | Bothamsall, Bassetlaw |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Contour survey shows a small rectangular platform c.10 x 8m with a surrounding ditch. This appears either to be linked to another platform on N side or has a causewayed entrance to the N. A trench was placed aross the platform, ditch and adjacent bank. … Ditch shallow (0.5m deep), flat bottomed, and cut into sand and gravel with a peat fill. No features on the platform, material comprised smaller, more angular stones, including some heat affected stones. A small quantity of finds were retrieved, including three pottery sherds and three fragments of plain roof tile. (1)
See L11789 for bank to E.
<1> TPAT, Nov 1996, Bothamsall Bog Plantation, Bothamsall, Nottinghamshire. A Report on the Archaeological Evaluation. (Unpublished document). SNT2253.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNT2253 Unpublished document: TPAT. Nov 1996. Bothamsall Bog Plantation, Bothamsall, Nottinghamshire. A Report on the Archaeological Evaluation..
Finds (4)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM