Element record L6596 - EARTHWORK COMPLEX AT EGMANTON

Summary

LYNCHET (Unknown); HOLLOW (Unknown); MOUND (Unknown); PLOUGH HEADLAND (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 73126 68271 (196m by 175m)
Map sheet SK76NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Egmanton, Newark

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Series of scarps, probably headlands or lychets, and hachures beside Laxton Road. (1)
Marked linear NE-SW irregular scarp, roughly parallel with the line of the Laxton Road. The scarp shows signs of irregular quarrying into its face, and the ground between the foot of the scarp and the road is covered with low irregular mounds and hollows, perhaps spoil heaps? Probably a disused quarry or brick pit. (2)


Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

3 Colour prints, negs F72/6, 72/7 (2005), SMR

<1> OS, 1920, 1:2500, County Series 1920 (Map). SNT1029.

Other Refs: 20/13

<2> TPAT, 1995, Village Earthwork Survey II (Published document). SNT1360.

<3> Fairey Surveys, 1971, Vertical Air Photos (Aerial photograph). SNT681.

Other Refs: 2/389-92,5/082; 1992 86/018 and 060-1

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
  • <1> Map: OS. 1920. 1:2500, County Series 1920.
  • <2> Published document: TPAT. 1995. Village Earthwork Survey II.
  • <3> Aerial photograph: Fairey Surveys. 1971. Vertical Air Photos.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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