Element record L4928 - Circular features and ditches N of Nornay, Blyth

Summary

DITCH (Unknown); RING DITCH (Unknown); GULLY (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference SK 62199 88699 (point)
Map sheet SK68NW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Blyth, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

4 ring ditches - 2 penannular. (1)
Cropmarks of 3 circles, 15m, 20m and 40m in diameter respectively, and possibly barrows or ritual circles N of Nornay. Also faint traces of possible field boundaries as well as a possible 4th circle. (2)
Morph: 110.2.1-3 & 5 Bronze Age enclosures. (3)
Watching brief on pipeline. In Area D, a substantial ditch, orientated E-W and corresponding with a known cropmark. It measured c 1.5m in width and survived to a depth of 0.5m. Also a small gully, not identified on APs, probably because it was not large enough to affect crop growth. Directly above was a leached ploughsoil / basal soil and cobbles. The latter may have been laid down to form a crude metalled surface. (4)
See L4927 - cropmarks to SW.


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

1 BW print, DNR 1545/6, SMR

<1> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 1545/6

<2> Riley DN, 1980, Early Landscapes from the Air, pp 53,106, map 15 (Published document). SNT1197.

<3> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

<4> TPAT, Jun 1996, Results of a Watching Brief on the Harworth-Bircotes Pipeline for Severn Trent Water Ltd. Authors: C Palmer-Brown, M. Ridsdale, p 9 (Unpublished document). SNT2402.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <2> Published document: Riley DN. 1980. Early Landscapes from the Air. pp 53,106, map 15 .
  • <3> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
  • <4> Unpublished document: TPAT. Jun 1996. Results of a Watching Brief on the Harworth-Bircotes Pipeline for Severn Trent Water Ltd. Authors: C Palmer-Brown, M. Ridsdale. p 9.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (4)

Record last edited

Sep 24 2025 3:27PM

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