Potters Hill is the supposed site of a military station. In 1840 a number of skeletons were dug up, the thigh bones of which were found broken, and the head placed towards the south; a battle is supposed to have been fought here; the bones of several were re-buried in the church-yard. (1)
About AD 1840 a great number of skeletons (? 60-70) were found in a field beyond the railway station, on the left of the road to Potter Hill (in a limestone quarry). They had evidently been buried without any care - 3 or 4 skeletons lying in one grave, and with very little earth upon them ... male and female ... some doubled up in a sitting posture, feet mostly lay to NW. Some nails and a small ring found with them (the "ring" appears to be a penannular brooch). Most of the bones were re-buried in the churchyard of North Collingham. (2)
Mr C Smith of Swinderby Road, N Collingham, states that he has been told that the skeletons were found in a field centred at SK 8478 6214. (4)
The above authorities give 2 conflicting sites c 1km apart. In neither of the areas could evidence of quarrying be seen although the diggings could have been shallow and now unrecognisable. No APs were available for field examination. (5)
Anglo-Saxon spearhead in Hull Museum. (CW Phillips has linked this with the cemetery, possibly because the date of findings is the same - 1840). (6)
Describes the cemetery. Spearhead thought to be more probably Viking because of its length and unsplit socket. There is also in Hull however a necklace of amber, paste and glass beads from here. (7)
Confirmation of spearhead being in Hull Museum - labelled "Collingham, Notts 1840". Accession records destroyed in the blitz; no other information. (8)
Grid ref approx - see M18194 for quarry present in 1790.
See L8686 for Ro coins, L8687 for P Med coin, L4294 for Neo axe - from here ?

<1> Curtis Rev J, 1843-4, A Topographic History of Notts, p 68 (Published document). SNT599.

<2> Wake EG, 1867, A History of Collingham and its neighbourhood, pp 42-43 (Published document). SNT1388.

<3> VCH, 1910, Notts, p 25 (Published document). SNT1384.

<4> Smith A, 1953, OS Corr 6in (Personal comment). SNT1302.

<5> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

<6> Phillips CW, Dark Age Index (Unpublished document). SNT1145.

<7> Meaney A, 1964, A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites, p 200 (Published document). SNT913.

<8> Whitcomb N, 04/02/1972, letter (Personal comment). SNT1407.