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<< Image Pages >> Clifton Pile Settlements - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Nottinghamshire

Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 01 September 2022  Page Views: 1219

Multi-periodSite Name: Clifton Pile Settlements
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Nottinghamshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nottingham  Nearest Village: Clifton
Map Ref: SK5513735946
Latitude: 52.918112N  Longitude: 1.181426W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
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3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Clifton Pile Settlements
Clifton Pile Settlements submitted by ESgt : This drawing is from Frank Earp's Cat-stones book. It shows the location of the 'Clifton Pile Settlements' and where there had been a stone circle on a solstice alignment through Castle sites. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Commercial sand and gravel extraction and quarrying by the River Trent at Attenborough began as early as 1929 and has continued almost to the present day. As well as leaving a legacy of scenic lakes and environment for wild-life, both sites have produced some interesting and revealing archaeology. Perhaps one of the more remarkable finds came as the result of gravel extraction of a different kind. In 1938, workmen from the Trent Navigation Company were dredging gravel in the Trent below Clifton Grove when their progress was stopped by wooden stakes or piles driven into the river bed.

At the same time, human remains – in the form of a skull – and bronze spearheads were brought to the surface.

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https://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/the-clifton-pile-settlement/
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SK5535 : Trent Valley Way by Andrew Abbott
by Andrew Abbott
©2020(licence)
SK5535 : On the trail by the lonesome pine by Alan Murray-Rust
by Alan Murray-Rust
©2023(licence)
SK5535 : Cones in the 'lonesome' pine by Alan Murray-Rust
by Alan Murray-Rust
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SK5535 : River Trent at Clifton by Alan Murray-Rust
by Alan Murray-Rust
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SK5535 : Trent Valley Way by Richard Croft
by Richard Croft
©2011(licence)

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Re: The Clifton Bronze Age Pile Settlement and the Broxtowe Early Iron Age Settlement by DavidHoyle on Friday, 02 September 2022
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I have added a site for the destroyed probable Stone Circle - the location is known reasonably well. Curious whether we think it is worth having added this or not. David
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Video: The Pile Settlement Build onto the Water of the River Trent by Andy B on Sunday, 14 August 2022
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The Bronze Age and Neolithic Pile Settlement Build onto the Water of the River Trent
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDuX8id3rto

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The Clifton Bronze Age Pile Settlement and the Broxtowe Early Iron Age Settlement by Andy B on Sunday, 14 August 2022
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By F. Hind, written in 1940

A REPORT ON THE PILE SETTLEMENTS AT CLIFTON
WHAT DISCOVERIES IN THE RIVER TRENT HAVE REVEALED

In 1937 the employees of the Trent Navigation Company, when dredging for gravel near the foot of Clifton Grove, found their work impeded by a large number of wooden piles which had been driven six or eight feet into the gravels. Our attention was called to them by the foreman, Mr. Griffin, who stated that some human remains had been brought to the surface, together with three bronze spears.

On inspecting the site we came to the conclusion that it had been a late Bronze Age Pile settlement, as the type of spears found indicated that period. The wooden piles had numbered several hundreds and were only about four feet apart and sharpened at the lower end. Mr. Adrian Oswald visited the place early in 1938 and verified our conjectures, and we had the good fortune at this time to meet the works manager, Mr. Evans, to whom we expressed the results of our investigations.

More: http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/villagepacks/clifton.htm
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