Archaeology of Stanton on the Wolds

As far as your editor is aware there have been no professional archaeological excavations carried out in the village. There was one very excellent amateur dig that found evidence of Neolithic habitation along Browns Lane, (please click on Pre-history below). The village history is thus highly dependent on written records together with what evidence is available from casual ‘finds’. Since the village history book (Ref 1) was published by the Stanton on the Wolds Parish Council in 2006, new casual finds have been made which were recorded with the Regional Finds Liaison Officer for the East Midlands and some of them have been written up for the bi-monthly Stanton on the Wolds Parish Newsletters (Refs . 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).  Continuing research has also added details of past finds.The archaeology of the village has been divided into five groups or time periods. Photographs or drawings have been included of the artefacts allocated to each group.     Please click on a time period below:-

 1. Prehistory; ( before the Roman conquest and encompassing the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages).

2. Roman    3. Anglo-Saxon/Norman    4. Medieval      5.Post-medieval                  

References

1) "Stanton on the Wolds: A brief history of the village."pub. July 2006 (Available £4 from the Clerk, please  Contact the Council).

2)Stanton on the Wolds Parish Newsletter April 2009 "Nottingham School Board medals"

3)Stanton on the Wolds Parish Newsletter April 2009 "Roman pot sherds on Browns Lane"

4)Stanton on the Wolds Parish Newsletter Sept 2008 "Medieval pilgrim's ampulla"

5)Stanton on the Wolds Parish Newsletter Sept 2007 "Palaeolithic flint core"

6)Stanton on the Wolds Parish Newsletter May 2007 "Neolithic Langdale stone axe"

7)Stanton on the Wolds Parish Newsletter Feb 2010 "A post-medieval gun flint"