Source/Archive record (Unpublished document) SNT6043 - Land South of Holly House, Church Road, Harby, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, NG23 7ED: Archaeological Evaluation Trenching

Title Land South of Holly House, Church Road, Harby, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, NG23 7ED: Archaeological Evaluation Trenching
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Date/Year 2025

Abstract/Summary

A scheme of evaluation trenching was undertaken on land south of Holly House, Harby, where a new bungalow is planned. Harby was an isolated medieval village brought to prominence in 1290AD when the royal court halted at the moated manor house due to the deteriorating health of Queen Eleanor. Following her death, Edward I built a chantry chapel in her memory at Harby and the village became the start of the route of Eleanor Crosses that mark the funeral procession route back to London. Holly House lies immediately south of All Saints Church, the 19th century church that replaced the medieval chapel. This evaluation exposed two archaeological features. A shallow N-S oriented ditch and a single small pit. Four sherds of pottery were recovered, one from a modern flowerpot and three sherds of Romano-British greyware.

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Results of an evaluation

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Referenced Monuments (1)

  • Roman Ditch near Holly House, Harby (Element)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Evaluation near Holly House, Harby

Record last edited

Jan 16 2026 12:03PM

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