Element record L11960 - Prehistoric pits at Girton Quarry northern extension

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PIT (Neolithic to Late Iron Age)

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Grid reference SK 82829 68440 (point)
Map sheet SK86NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Girton, Newark

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Watching brief during topsoil stripping and quarrying. A few truncated pits on top of the dune, some probably prehistoric judging by their contents (including scraps of handmade pottery, some flintwork, or plentiful heat-cracked pebbles). (1)
See L11957 for burnt mounds, L11958 for pit alignment, L11959 for ditches.


<1> TPAU, Aug 2006, Interim Report Upon Archaeological Excavations At Girton Quarry in 2005, p 2 (Unpublished document). SNT2320.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: TPAU. Aug 2006. Interim Report Upon Archaeological Excavations At Girton Quarry in 2005. p 2.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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