Element record MNT27671 - Backfilled cellar associated with former House of Corrections, Burgage Green, Southwell

Summary

CELLAR (Victorian)

Location

Grid reference SK 70405 54300 (point)
Map sheet SK75SW
District Newark
Civil Parish Southwell, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

At the southern end of the trench, a large pit or, more likely, a backfilled cellar, both comprised brick rubble mixed with large amount of mortar and worked stone. There was no clear horizon between the two deposits, with the only difference being that the upper fill contained a higher amount of silt mixed in with the rubble. It is probable that they were part of the same backfill event, but that one area of the backfill material contained a larger
amount of topsoil. The dressed stone recovered from the deposits was undiagnostic limestone that had been sawn. The largest piece, measuring 0.42m x 0.39m x 0.19m in size is possibly a gatepost pivot, although the piece is too damaged to be certain. (1)

Likely related to former House of Corrections and possibly backfilled during conversion to Lace Factory. (1)


<1> K. Mapplethorpe, 2015, The Former Rainbow Depot, Burgage Green, Southwell, Nottinghamshire: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation, p. 7, 11 (Unpublished document). SNT5278.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: K. Mapplethorpe. 2015. The Former Rainbow Depot, Burgage Green, Southwell, Nottinghamshire: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation. p. 7, 11.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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