Short Description:
Retaining wall earthwork
Issued to
Manda Forster | 17/04/2018
Interpretation
- No Interpretations
Sketch Photo
Description
- A substantial retaining wall had been constructed to facilitate the establishment of a marshalling yard for the tramway that fed in from the north-west. Both the tramway and the wall were clearly represented on the OS 1900 map, which showed the wall having an approximate 100 degree corner in the middle. By the time of the 1949 RAF photo the tramway has been landscaped away, probably as a result of the establishment of the adjacent rugby pitch, but the retaining wall had survived and the former marshalling yard was filled with general materials. The photograph showed windows and doors through the wall indicating that there were rooms retained within the spoil and behind the retaining wall. Now the area of the former marshalling yard has been extensively landscaped, but the line of the marshalling yard retaining wall survives as an earthwork. There are no longer any structural components visible but it is probable that the retaining wall is still extant, albeit as a buried feature.
Finds
Feature
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Feature: JNP_107
- Retaining wall earthwork
Record Details
- Not set
- Manda Forster 17-4-2018
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