Element record L9404 - Earthwork mounds, Laxton

Summary

PILLOW MOUND (Unknown)

Location

Grid reference SK 69700 67300 (point)
Map sheet SK66NE
District Newark
Civil Parish Laxton, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

On the common are a series of mounds of low elevation, rising from two to two and a half feet from shallow ditches. They form a group of five, with indications of extending further towards the west… (1)
On the common, west of the copse, are some long low mounds noted in (1).. These are certainly pillow-mounds. Half of the largest and most southerly was excavated. It had an elevation of 2 feet 6 inches, a width of 13 feet, a length of 66 feet, and was surrounded by a ditch 3 feet wide and 1 foot deep. Some fragments of Roman pottery were found in the top 18 inches… it was composed of closely packed clay and there were no traces of rabbits. (2)
See M 4098 for Bronze Age barrow cemetery


<1> VCH, 1906, Notts, p 313 (Published document). SNT1383.

<2> Thoroton Society, 1939, TTS, pp 10-11 (Published document). SNT356.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Published document: VCH. 1906. Notts. 1. p 313.
  • <2> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1939. TTS. 43. pp 10-11.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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