Monument record M8259 - Henge, Gunthorpe

Summary

HENGE? (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 67869 44560 (271m by 218m)
Map sheet SK64SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Gunthorpe, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Large circular feature, with wide ditch (?) Site of village windmill ? Date unknown. (1) Site visit 1993. 2 possible banks extending from the enclosure. I couldn't get to the enclosure but it is visible as low earthworks through gaps in the hedges. (2)
Colour APs taken by RCHME 1996 show this clearly, it is apparently a small henge. Wide ditch and possible external bank, one entrance visible. Part by hedge is masked by alluvium. Note that field boundary curves around it. (3)
The remaining two thirds of a large circular terrace (50m diameter), surrounded by a very deep, wide, circular ditch. (5)
See L1820 for nearby cropmarks, 10379 for adjacent earthworks.


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

JAP 9522/5/37

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

NMR 12863/26

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

NMR 12863/25

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

1 colour print, 11/31 (neg F55/5), SMR

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

1 colour print, C34/2, SMR

<1> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.

Other Refs: 6744/4

<2> Spence U, 1993, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1311.

<3> Baddeley V, 1996, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT435.

<4> NMR, Air Photos (Aerial photograph). SNT962.

Other Refs: SK 6744/6,7

<5> TPAT, 1996, Village Earthwork Survey III (Published document). SNT1361.

Sources/Archives (10)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
  • --- Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
  • <2> Personal comment: Spence U. 1993. Pers Comm.
  • <3> Personal comment: Baddeley V. 1996. Pers Comm.
  • <4> Aerial photograph: NMR. Air Photos.
  • <5> Published document: TPAT. 1996. Village Earthwork Survey III.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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