Church of St Wilfrid, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Monitoring

The recording was carried out by a professional archaeologist. All deposits were inspected in order to identify any archaeological remains of interest, in particular those of medieval or earlier date. These were cleaned by hand, examined and recorded. Recording of the groundworks included the position and depths of the deposits exposed by drawing (both in section and plan where applicable) and photograph. Prior to backfilling spoil heaps were inspected for any datable or significant archaeological artefacts. All identifiable deposits were given unique individual four digit context numbers e.g. 0001, 0002 etc. Context numbers started at 0001. All saved artefacts were given individual three letter finds codes e.g. AAA, AAB. Disarticulated human remains found in the confines of the work were to be recorded appropriately and left on site for reburial. Advice from the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Nottingham and Southwell would be sought if articulated skeletons which required moving were present. Multi-period stratigraphy extending from the twentieth century, potentially to the medieval period, survived within the churchyard in close proximity to the church. The work suggests that intact stratigraphy from the medieval and post-medieval periods is likely to be present in other areas within the churchyard which remained relatively unaffected by the building works of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.