Thorne Grammar School
SE 692 135; Gavin Glover; desk-based assessment and evaluation; 2nd February - 17th March 2004; TGS 03
Archaeological investigations took place at Thorne Grammar School to inform a planning decision for a proposed new school on the site. A desk-based assessment concluded that potential for prehistoric remains was low to moderate, potential for Roman or Saxon remains was low and potential for medieval remains was high. A geophysical survey recorded traces of agricultural use of the site, including ridge and furrow ploughing, a former field system and pit-like anomalies. Field evaluation in the form of fifteen trenches exposed 17th and 18th century pits and linear features, a dew pond, medieval plough furrows, a post-medieval fenceline, field drains, postholes and a possible hedge line.
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