Monument record M4687 - WOOD BANKS AT GAMSTON & EATON WOOD
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 72832 76847 (761m by 895m) |
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Map sheet | SK77NW |
District | Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | Eaton, Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | Gamston (B), Bassetlaw |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bank with outer ditch which follows outline of Gamston wood. NW corner shows traces of triple bank and ditch system. Inturned bank on E side (N bank destroyed by recent plantation) but probably inturned entrance. Possible double bank at NE corner, with mound just inside, 3ft high (barrow ?). N/S ditch also on E side of Eaton Wood. (1) (2)
A possible barrow, 20-30yds SW of the NE corner of Gamston Wood. (3)
Gamston Wood, now thickly covered with almost impenetrable undergrowth; the above suggested tumulus was not located. (4)
See SMR map, sketch with card - line of earthworks only.
Data Held (Document). SNT2647.
Sketch, SMR
Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.
4 colour print, CP 58-61 (negs F3/3,4), SMR
<1> Sluman R, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1275.
Other Refs: RHAS
<2> Mosley J, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT927.
Other Refs: RHAS
<3> Retford History and Archaeology Society, 1970, Newsletter, p 3 (Published document). SNT1190.
<4> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SNT2646 Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
- --- SNT2647 Document: Data Held.
- <1> SNT1275 Personal comment: Sluman R. Pers Comm.
- <2> SNT927 Personal comment: Mosley J. Pers Comm.
- <3> SNT1190 Published document: Retford History and Archaeology Society. 1970. Newsletter. p 3.
- <4> SNT582 Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM