Osmanthorpe Camp. Double ditched rectangle with rounded corners. Note possible entrance on S side. (1)
A scatter of 30 coarse Ro sherds found on high ground at SK 678563. (2)
Approx findspot of pottery confirmed by Mr March; the area is now under deep plough. 2 fragments of C3-C4 grey ware were found during perambulation. (3)
Cropmarks of 3 sides of large double-ditched vexillation fortress, enclosing the top and the N side of a hill. The distance between the inner ditches of the N and S sides is 280m, but if a gap in the S side can be taken as a gate on the axis of the fort, the E-W distance would be c 300m, and the internal area c 8Ha of 20 acres. 2 parallel cropmarks within the fort may indicate another fort. 3 ditches with overlapping ends outside the E and S sides are similar to those at the vexillation fort at Newton on Trent (Lincs). They have been interpreted as a temporary enclosure of earlier date than the fort, but there is no evidence to support this. (4)
Investigation of a ditch at the S edge of what is probably a small Ro "marching" camp has taken place. The camp is indicated by soilmarks on recent APs by Mr D Riley. The ditch, running down the W slope of a hill, was formerly some 7m deep below the field to the N, and 3m below the road to the S. The depth reduces towards the W end, where it is only c 0.5m deep. The deeper end has been gradually filled with rubbish since 1975, and some 10m or so, now fenced off, has been lost. (5)
Morph: 44.6.1-3: Roman Fort (Group Interpretation). 44.7.1: Roman Ditch. (7)
Grid ref centred. See M 2766, L 2767 for sections across possible Ro road and finds.
See also geophysical survey and fieldwalking reports in Parish File.

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

Fieldwalking Reports, Geoph Survey, (6), Parish File

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP, K17-AT 254

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP, CKT 15

<1> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 1558/6,11, 1557/11-15 (NLAP SK 6756/57,62,85-89)

<2> EMAB eds, 1966, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 40 (Published document). SNT160.

<3> Colquhoun FD, 1975, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT583.

<4> Society for … Ro Studies, 1980, Britannia, pp 330-2 (Serial). SNT126.

<5> EMAB eds, 1979-82, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 21 (Published document). SNT164.

<6> Cresswell PT, 1995, An Investigation into Osmanthorpe Castra, Nottinghamshire, its context and the possibility of a vicus being present at the site using geophysical techniques (Unpublished document). SNT32.

<7> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.