All of this hinges on how you distinguish an 'antiquarian trench' from
an archaeological trench.
-A 17th century headmaster of Repton School (Derbys) delving into a
mound in the churchyard certainly would be an antiquarian trench, as
would the trenches that Carrington & Bateman cut into Peak District
barrows in the 1830s & 40s.
-But what about early 20th century digs? I'd would class an unpublished
and unrecorded investigation on Castle Ring (Staffs) in the 1920s as
one, but would class that Kathleen Kenyon excavtion at Jewry Wall (Leic)
in the 30s as archaeological.
-It's probably best not to get into this hair splitting and class them
all as events!
Chris
Chris Wardle
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Leicester City Council
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Hi Alice et al,
I think from a historical point of view it is interesting, and indeed
worthwhile, to record these as monuments in the same way we record
robber trenches. What you record them as is another issue. My first
thought was to use TRENCH but the scope note is quite specific about
these being defensive.
A new term which highlights the function of the trench could be the way
forward - something like Excavation Trench.
Just a thought.
Phil
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records
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Sent: 22 March 2007 10:15
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Subject: Re: Recording antiquarian trenches
Hi Alice
Nothing theoretically wrong with recording these as monuments, or part
of monuments - they are.
But what monument type...? "Robber Trench" ? ;-) Comment from DSU?
And they should also be recored as events - a rare example where the
location of antiqarian tranches can actually mapped with some
confidence!
cheers
Crispin
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records
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Sent: 22 March 2007 09:16
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Hello,
I am currently trying to decide on the best way of recording
antiquarian trenches on our HER. We can obviously record them as event
records with appropriate dates, but in this instance the trenches are
showing up as cropmarks on aerial photographs being studied by our
National Mapping Programme team, so they wish to describe these features
as part of the monument record. Is this a problem that other people have
encountered, and if so, what have you done? I would be very grateful for
any suggestions!
Many thanks,
Alice
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