Monument record M4707 - SETTLEMENT AT SOUTH CLIFTON

Summary

SETTLEMENT? (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 83785 70347 (302m by 443m)
Map sheet SK87SW
District Newark
Civil Parish South Clifton, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Large complex including possible trackways - parallel lines, linear features, possible squarish enclosures, circles, complex group of marks. (1)
These cropmarks are under 2 fields, both of which are now under crop permitting limited perambulation only. They are situate some 7.0m above sea level and oocupy a low rise in open ground; there is an adequate adjacent water supply. The uneven height profile of the crop in the E field is suggestive of disturbance beneath the surface; the W field is level without undue profile change. Perambulated 02/10/1974, now part plough and part stubble ... At no point are there surface traces of the cropmarks. (2)
Morph: 162.11.1 ditch, 162.12.1 settlement, 162.12.2 enclosure, 162.12.3 hut circle, 162.12.4 enclosure, Ro Settlement. (3)
See L8724 for Ro finds, L8725 for Med finds.


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

DNR 427/17

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

DNR 427/18

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

Other Refs: 427/17,18 (NLAP SK 8370/1,2)

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

<3> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <2> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.
  • <3> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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