Source/Archive record (Unpublished document) SNT5656 - Kirton Quarry: Archaeological Watching Brief

Title Kirton Quarry: Archaeological Watching Brief
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2014

Abstract/Summary

Monitoring of topsoil stripping on a westward extension to the New Best Red Quarry at Kirton Brickworks, Nottinghamshire, was undertaken in May 2014. This watching brief forms the latest of a series of archaeological works undertaken since 2004. These investigations have found limited preserved archaeological remains associated with the land at Kirton Quarry. No cut features were noted, apart from land drains and recent plough scores. The watching brief confirmed the observation from the previous work in 2013 that the ridge and furrow visible in the area to the north of Golden Hill Lane did not extend south of the lane. This provides evidence that the lane is on the line of a boundary that was in existence at the time that ridge and furrow agriculture was still in use. Unstratified finds included pieces of possibly worked flint and shale, a small assemblage of pottery. The pottery was mostly post-medieval, but included single sherds dated to the thirteenth to fourteenth and fifteenth to sixteenth centuries.

External Links (0)

Description

Results of a watching brief. Report includes flint report and pottery report

Location

Referenced Monuments (1)

  • Finds from Kirton Quarry, Kirton (Element)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Watching Brief at Kirton Brickworks Quarry, Kirton

Record last edited

Jun 25 2024 3:27PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.