Element record L9404 - Earthwork mounds, Laxton
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SK 69700 67300 (point) |
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Map sheet | SK66NE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Laxton, Newark |
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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.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM