SNN38094 - Archaeology at an Ironstone Quarry in the Harringworth-Wakerley Area, 1968-79

Relatively modern quarrying for ironstone in Wakerley and Harringworth parishes has a long history, but not until 1968 was any archaeological observation carried out while the work was in progress. Early in 1980 quarrying by the British Steel Corporation came to an end, and it is now appropriate to describe the archaeological work carried out at the quarry by the writer over an eleven year period. The programme was sponsored by The Department of The Environment. This report is in three parts. Part 1 brings together both the published and unpublished work and presents it as a resume of eleven years archaeological observation and excavation; this has the added advantage of incorporating the negative evidence. To bring this work to a conclusion, Parts 2 and 3 of this report describe in detail previously unpublished Iron Age and Roman sites excavated at the quarry.