Field 373; Site H. On a tongue of river gravel at the confluence of Trent and Devon. A scatter of later upper Pa tools and knapping debris of the Creswellian tradition, which may represent an open air site. (1)
Further fieldwalking produced similar material. By plotting all pieces in the same condition ... activities could have extended over at least 8Ha, and some of the material, particularly knapping debris, came from a single tight cluster only 10m across, which produced a long-end scraper, a shouldered point typical of Creswellian sites, and the tip of a backed piece. (2)
Some 120 artefacts can be assigned to the Late Upper Palaeolithic. Most striking is the correlation of densely spaced results within a circular area of roughly 30m diameter in the N of the survey area (area 4000). The quality of the material strongly suggests that the material has not been redeposited in antiquity. (3)
Grid ref for main concentration.
See L8464 for Ro finds, L8465 for Med finds and L3570 for nearby finds scatter.

An archaeological and geotechnical intervention took place in Farndon Fields during the A46 improvement scheme and uncovered no evidence for an in-situ Upper Palaeolithic site. It is suggested that the assemblage recovered before this has not been redeposited in antiquity through natural periglacial processes but that the deposits that originally contained them have been destroyed by natural or anthropogenic processes. The site is relatively flat so the Upper Palaeolithic finds have not been moved any great horizontal distance and their distribution may reflect their original deposition locations. They may be the diffuse remains of concentrations probably derived from what was once on top of the fluvial gravels or a land surface which has now been subsumed into the modern soil rpofile. If there ever was a landsurface associated with the Upper Palaeolithic flints, no evidence of it has been found and while small remnants cannot be ruled out, any remaining artefacts in the area most likely exist as a diffuse scatter in the modern soil profile. (4)

<1> TPAT, 1992, Archaeology of the Fosse Way - Implications of the proposed dualling of the A46 between Newark and Widmerpool, fig 38 (Published document). SNT1357.

<2> Thoroton Society, 1993, TTS, p 145 (Published document). SNT400.

<3> Wessex Archæology, Oct 1995, Farndon Fields, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire Archaeological Evaluation. Fieldwalking, auger survey and test pitting, pp 15, 19 (Unpublished document). SNT2269.

<4> V. Birbeck, A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvements Archaeological Works at Farndon Fields (A46 FAR05): Fieldwork Report, p. 14 (Unpublished document). SNT5183.