A dig in the Scout Hall gardens took place over the weekend and bank holiday.
Geology report and Finds report now available.
*More information and pictures coming soon*
GARDEN FINDS IN RADCLIFFE ON TRENT
Address Scout Hall
Interim Report 27/6/16
List of finds
Modern (1750 to present day)
Spits 1-3 had mixed content of burnt material, nails, wood, clay pipe stem, 1974 one pence, modern stainless steel knife, modern brass hinge with a layer of 10mm gravel on the NE side. Size of gravel increasing as spit deepened.
Spit 4
Concrete lumps up to 170mm long. Part modern tile. Large terracotta? pot fragment part fired.
Post Medieval
Spit 5
Glazed pot
Neolithic
Spit 5
Struck flint bulb
Miscellaneous
Spit 6 Mudstone with charcoal mixed in south side. Clay above pebble surface.
Spit 7 Dirt and pebbles up to 40mm
Spit 8, 9 Coarse sand and large pebbles up to 40mm
Spit 3 9 ¼ “x 4 ½” x 2 3/8” modern brick
The site had been raised approximately 60cm and had subsequently been used as a burning area. The flint and the pot were almost certainly contained in the material brought in locally to build up the site
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