Element record L12118 - Iron Age features in trenches 1 and 2 at North Muskham

Summary

DITCH (Iron Age)

Location

Grid reference SK 79700 59500 (point)
Map sheet SK75NE
District Newark
Civil Parish North Muskham, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Trench 1 - A long, narrow, slightly curving linear feature. … A very slight feature. … A linear feature running N-S, 1.3m wide and 0.5m deep, containing IA pottery. … A narrow linear feature running N-S c.0.8m wide and 0.5m deep containing IA pottery. … A broad linear feature. Trench 2 - a linear feature with IA pottery. … Three features containing identical fills including IA pottery. … A large rectangular cut which cut a smaller feature, a short section of linear feature that ran NE-SW. The features in trenches 1, 2 and 3 do not correspond with the linear cropmark. However, pottery retrieved from a number of the features dated them to the Iron Age. Their layout and date suggests that they are part of an enclosure that may have associated settlement remains. Good preservation of these features, sealed beneath an alluvial subsoil. (1)
Grid ref for Trench 1.
See L12119 for features in trenches 3 and 4, L2988 for nearby cropmark complex.


<1> JSAC, Apr 1998, Archaeological Evaluation Excavation of Land off Main Street, North Muskham, Nottinghamshire, pp 6-8,10 (Unpublished document). SNT2410.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: JSAC. Apr 1998. Archaeological Evaluation Excavation of Land off Main Street, North Muskham, Nottinghamshire. pp 6-8,10.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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