ENN11087 - Harringworth Quarry 1972 (Excavation)

{1} The site of a Roman building to the south of the 1968 discoveries was indicated by a spread of building stone and pottery on the surface of a nearby field. Subsequently, in 1972, an excavation was carried out using a grid system of 4m square trenches, separated by 1m wide baulks: most of the main building was excavated by hand from the surface but later a mechanical excavator was used to clear the topsoil at the west end of the site. On completion of the excavation further trenches were dug mechanically to see if any other building survived, chiefly to the west of the excavated area. The only surviving feature to be found, a wall, extended westwards from Building 1.