Element record MNT28828 - Roman Ditch near Sturton-Le-Steeple Quarry

Summary

A single Roman ditch recorded during a watching brief

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Grid reference Centred SK 81167 84531 (156m by 118m)
Map sheet SK88SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Sturton le Steeple, Bassetlaw

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To the northwest of pits undated and Iron Age/1st century AD pits was an east-northeast to west-southwest orientated ditch measuring 2.6m wide by 0.45m deep and containing two naturally accumulated clay and sandy clay fills. A single sherd of Roman pottery and an abraded tegula fragment were retrieved from one of the fills.


Tobin Raynor, 2017, Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Sturton-Le-Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire (Unpublished document). SNT6027.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Tobin Raynor. 2017. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Sturton-Le-Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire.

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Record last edited

Nov 5 2025 4:31PM

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