No. 1 Blind Lane, Keyworth

CFA Archaeology undertook an archaeological watching brief on land to the north of 1 Blind Lane, Keyworth in the Rushcliffe District of Nottingham. The watching brief monitored the removal of an existing hardcore deposit across the site, followed by the removal of a relict soil deposit across the site under archaeological conditions. Natural superficial geological deposits were exposed across the entire site. No archaeological finds or features were identified. The site was overlain with a 0.8m thick deposit of heavily compacted hardcore material (001). The hardcore material consisted of a 0.30m thick band of sub-angular crushed stone and gravel that overlay a 0.50m thick deposit of brick rubble that consisted of whole bricks, brick fragments and general building demolition rubble. Beneath the hardcore material (82.95m aOD at the west of site), a relict soil deposit was exposed (002). The soil deposit was recorded as a firm to friable dark brownish grey clayey-silt. The relict soil contained infrequent inclusions of plastic, corroded metal and general modern detritus. The relict soil deposit directly overlay the natural substrate which consisted of firm glacial till deposits. Apart from a modern concrete foundation pad at the west of the site and a number of existing observation chambers for utilities on the site, no archaeological features or finds were identified.