Excavations revealed two stone sluice walls, aligned north-south, approximately four metres wide and angled to form a funnel. They were both damaged. A cross wall and arch were revealed to connect the two sides of the sluice together, however only the brick 'springer' courses of the arch remained intact. The western side of the cross wall appears to have been keyed in with the western face of the sluice. (1)

It is possible thst the stone sluice was built in the 1790's, a date supported by some of the artefats found in the subsoil and on the leat banks. Such a date would coincide with the erection of the 'New Mill' at the Grange. (1)

The profile of the stone faces suggests that the sluice was built to channel water from the north to south alinged leat, to a central point, such as a gate. This is similar in design to the Dam Banks South Sluice. (1)

The cross wall and underlying arch are potentially of the same date as the sluice walls, as they seem to be keyed into the western face of the sluice. The roughly hewn, dry-stone south face of the cross wall suggests that an earthen bank mat have abutted the stone work to prevent damage from a high water level within the leat. This is also implied by the lack of evidence to suggest that the sluice extended further north than the cross wall. (1)

The absence of a large part of the eastern sluice wall suggests that, at some point, this part of the structure was destroyed and then repaired with pink clay. It cannot be said as to whether the damage was accidental, when this damage occurred, or whether it was associated with the collapse of the cross wall. (1)

Finds from the north end of the sluice: An early example of edged pearlware (c.1800) was retrieved from the subsoil of the leat edge, potentially suggesting a c.1790's date for the erection of the sluice. The topsoil and the subsoil from the stone slab and walls contained various intact bottles, dating to between 1880 and 1910. these deposits also contained fragments of leather shoes, saltglazed stoneware andwhite bodied earthenware. In the base of the leat, there were also several specimens of intact (but disarticulated) shells of Anodonta cygnea (swan mussel), a freshwater bivalve mollusc. (1)

Finds from the south end of the sluice: A higher quantity of finds were found to the south of the sluice and in the extension trench within a subsoil deposit, including large fragments of coarse earthenwares, brown salt glazed stonewares, porcelain, yellow ware and white bodied earthenware, all fabrics dated to the late 18th to the early 20th century. A piece of slate and a 4mm thick piece of glass were also revealed within the rubble and subsoil deposit. (1)

<1> Laura Binns, 2015, Grange Cottage Sluice, Moor Pond Woods, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire: Report on an archaeological investigation (Unpublished document). SNT5710.

<2> Laura Binns, 2017, Report on an Archaeological Audit and an Appraisal of Future Archaeological investigation - Moor Pond Woods - Papplewick (Unpublished document). SNT5693.

<3> Rachel Townsend, 2015, Papplewick Moor Pond Sluice Survey (Unpublished document). SNT5730.

<4> Stephen Walker, 2014, Grange Cottages Wood Sluice: A proposed plan of conservation (Unpublished document). SNT5733.