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Richard Jones

Not everyday that you identify a hitherto unrecognised class of archaeological site. I present to you, the workings from which materials to build were extracted. Shallow, sub-rectangular cuttings. Three examples I identified today at and on the . Interesting, one working per , suggesting involvement. Ground with plots.

Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire. River embankment in foreground, in background the iced over depression where materials to construct the embankment were dug.
Lidar image of the embankment workings at Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire. Showing as a discrete area of disturbed ground.
Rolleston, Nottinghamshire. River embankment in background largely hidden by trees. In middle distance the iced over depression where materials to construct the embankment were dug, here marked by willow trees.
Lidar image of the embankment workings at Rollestone, Nottinghamshire. Showing as a discrete area of disturbed ground within rectangular enclosure.
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Richard Jones

And following on here are the Staythorpe workings. The most extensive of the three, together with surviving sluice gates.

The extensive workings at Staythorpe, Nottinghamshire. Large embankment on left, with stone sluice gate in foreground. Behind the embankment, the flooded depression left by the workings, iced over and thus highly visible.
Lidar image of the embankment workings at Staythorpe, Nottinghamshire. Showing as a discrete area of disturbed ground immediately behind the embankment. The cuts for the two stone-lined sluice gates are visible.
Nick Balmer

@rlcj Many navvies worked on piece work for things excavating pits. Often the widths or cross-sections of pits were set in units (or full units, like yards) that made calculating the dug volumes easier.
As different gangs were in essence competing, this would leave separate pits, often close to each other. You may have found some of these borrow pits.

Richard Jones

@demorgan I’m presuming this is based on canal building. Interesting if extended to river embanking. I’m at the start of my journey. Field observations on my walktoday. Thoughts while walking. Testing via LiDAR once home. Now to the archives!

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