Element record MNT28296 - Finds from Kirton Quarry, Kirton

Summary

Assorted finds recovered during a watching brief

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 4697e 3688e (195m by 240m)
Map sheet SK43NE
District Newark
Civil Parish Kirton, Newark

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

A piece of flint, weighing 91g and a stone flake, weighing 16g, were recovered.

Fifteen pieces of pottery were also found, either from the topsoil or the surface of the subsoil following topsoil removal: these include single sherds of thirteenth- to early or mid-fourteenth-century Nottingham Green Glazed ware, and fifteenth- to sixteenth-century Cistercian-type ware, but the bulk of this small assemblage dates from the seventeenth century or later.

Staffordshire/Bristol mottled-glazed - 1 sherd - 18th c

Nottingham Stoneware - 1 sherd - 18th c

Brown Glazed Earthenware - 7 sherds - Late 17th-18th c

19th-century Buff ware - 1 sherd - Late 18th-19th c

Unspecified English Stoneware - 2 sherds - Late 18th-Mid 20th c

Midlands Yellow ware - 1 sherd - Mid 16th-17th c

Light Bodied Nottingham Green Glazed ware - 1 sherd - 13th-Early/mid 14th c

Cistercian-type ware - 1 sherd - Late 15th-16th c


Richard Moore, 2014, Kirton Quarry: Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SNT5656.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Richard Moore. 2014. Kirton Quarry: Archaeological Watching Brief.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2024 4:08PM

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