Monument record M4609 - Ammunition dump off Lime Tree Avenue, Clumber, Worksop

Summary

AMMUNITION DUMP? (Second World War)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 61603 74624 (212m by 243m)
Map sheet SK67SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Worksop, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Many of the tracks leading off the Lime Tree Avenue have low earth banks alongside them. These form rectangular enclosures and being areas of fairly recent disturbance are marked by contrasts in vegetation, being favoured by heather and birch saplings. There are also a variety of pits and scrapes. Reputedly caused by the trench digging machine used in the park during WW2. The nature of the banks would suggest that many of the features were made by bulldozers for the storage of stockpiles of ammunition. The sharp corners and relatively small width of the disturbance would preclude their being made by the trench digger. (1)
See M4590 - record for Clumber Park, M4605-8 - further dumps. Grid ref centred.


Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

(1), Arch office

<1> Beamish HJH, 1986, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands - The National Trust Archaeological Survey (Monograph). SNT35.

Other Refs: site no. 60347

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Document: Data Held.
  • <1> Monograph: Beamish HJH. 1986. Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands - The National Trust Archaeological Survey. The National Trust.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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