Monument record MDR6547 - Roman site, west of Whaley village, Old Bolsover

Type and Period (5)

FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
D SHAPED ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
RIDGE AND FURROW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Full Description

Possible Romano-British enclosure with entrance causeway from the west. Circular in plan, possible huts inside. On Riley air photograph taken in 1975. (1) Derbyshire Ware pot sherds, together with Neolithic or Bronze Age flint flakes and an end scraper, collected by C.R. Hart on 25-Mar-1977. (2) A D-shaped enclosure of Iron Age/Roman date was identified as cropmarks at this location on aerial photographs dating to 1986. Post-medieval ridge and furrow cropmarks were also visible in this field at this time. (3)

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SDR13566 Aerial Photograph: Riley D N. 1975. AP 13-Jul-1975 762/14B.
<2> SDR11058 Index: NDAT. 1635. 1635.
<3> SDR21002 Digital data: Archaeological Research Services (ARS) Ltd. 2009/2010. Aerial Photographic Mapping Survey carried out as part of an Aggregates Resource Project.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 5085 7133 (594m by 290m) Centre
Civil Parish	OLD BOLSOVER, BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE

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EDR3523

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2024 6:00PM