An Archaeological Watching Brief at Main Road, Wilford, Nottingham.

A watching brief was carried out by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) during groundworks for a residential development on land off Main Road, Wilford, Nottingham between January and May 2003. The entire development site appeared to comprise up to 2m of made ground. No archaeological deposits were recorded. The archive will be deposited with Nottingham City Museum and Gallery with accession number NAS 10394. The topsoil across the site comprised a dark brown silty clay loam approximately 0.25m - 0.3m deep. Excavation of the foundations revealed that the entire site comprised disturbed clay deposits up to 1.5m deep, containing brick/tile, demolition layers and service trenches (Plate 1). Brown alluvial clay was noted at the very base of some of the foundation trenches (approximately 1.5m deep). The only finds recovered from the site consisted of modern pottery and debris.