Element record L7834 - EARTHWORK COMPLEX AT ORSTON

Summary

RIDGE AND FURROW (Unknown); FIELD SYSTEM (Unknown); BOUNDARY (Unknown); BUILDING PLATFORM (Unknown); TERRACED GROUND (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 76785 40992 (236m by 283m)
Map sheet SK74SE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Orston, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

The field beside Chapel Lane (sic) contained low earthworks. However these formed no coherent pattern. Slight surface undulations in the field S of Chapel Lane. (1)
Field system, including ridge and furrow and furlong boundaries running westwards down the gentle slope to the Bon Moor Drain. Large terraced areas and building platforms in the wooded plot in the north-east corner of the area. Terraced areas, possible platforms and boundary banks in the fields either side of the south end of Church Street. (2)
Grid ref centred.
See L1598 for Ro pottery find, L11388-95 for finds and features from pipeline works.


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

9 colour print, 16/2-10 (negs F32/7, F33/1,2), SMR

<1> Bishop MW, 1979, Orston - Aslockton sewer, 1979 (Unpublished document). SNT2092.

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

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Bishop MW. 1979. Orston - Aslockton sewer, 1979.
  • <2> Published document: TPAT. 1995. Village Earthwork Survey II.

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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