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<< Text Pages >> Besthorpe - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Nottinghamshire

Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 11 July 2010  Page Views: 5042

Multi-periodSite Name: Besthorpe
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.051 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Nottinghamshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Newark-on-Trent  Nearest Village: Besthorpe
Map Ref: SK825641
Latitude: 53.167634N  Longitude: 0.767362W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Ancient Settlement in Nottinghamshire

The rescue excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British landscape at Besthorpe in the Trent Valley, will also involve not only local communities but also communities from the North West in all aspects of the fieldwork process including excavation, recording, photography and illustrations and finds analysis.
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SK8264 : Inadequate flood bank by Richard Croft
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©2007(licence)
SK8263 : Track to Lilac Cottage by JThomas
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SK8263 : Besthorpe Road (A1133), heading south  by JThomas
by JThomas
©2013(licence)
SK8264 : Flooded fields by Richard Croft
by Richard Croft
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SK8263 : West View Farm by JThomas
by JThomas
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Besthorpe Excavation Open Day, Mon 19–Tue 20 July by Andy B on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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Besthorpe Excavation Open Day

Mon 19–Tue 20 July 10.00–16.00

Open days at the excavation of an extensive Romano-British settlement; take a tour around the site, talk to the archaeologists, and see some of the finds. …

Open days at the developer-led excavation at besthorpe. The Nottinghamshire Community Archaeologists have teamed up with the Centre for Applied Archaeology at the University of Salford to open up the site for two days during the Festival of Archaeology. Take a tour of the site, talk to the archaeologists, and see some of the finds.

Location: Besthorpe, near Collingham. Follow signs from Collingham

O: Besthorpe, near Collingham
N: Emily Gillott
T: 0115 9772160
E: community.archaeology@nottscc.gov.uk
W: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/environment/heritage/archaeology/

Festival of British Archaeology 2010
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