A mesolithic focus [is present] along the western margin of the gravel island (and neolithic / bronze age activity over the remainder). Within the latter area are suggestions of at least one and possibly two clusters of earlier date (Earlier neolithic / mesolithic). The apparent concentration of mesolithic flintwork at the edge of the gravel island is of particular interest, [there is] the possibility of well preserved mesolithic remains beneath alluvium. (1)
Indicators of Mesolithic activity were consistently found in the W line of test pits, with the best evidence further to the W from the topsoil and residual flint in the features of trenches 02 and 03 … these flints, therefore, are probably an undisturbed remnant of the original pattern of flintwork deposition, only part of which has been incorporated into ploughsoil deposits. (2)
See M18292 for BA focus.

<1> TPAT, 04/1994, Proposed Gravel Quarry at Collingham, Notts.: Fieldwalking Survey Summary Report and Recommendations for Further Work, pp 6, 8 (Unpublished document). SNT2020.

Other Refs: appx 2

<2> TPAT, 08/1994, Cromwell Quarry Extension: Summary Report on Trial Trenching and Test Pitting, p 7 (Unpublished document). SNT2074.