The cobbles from both surfaces were sources from local outcropping glacial clays, rather than quarried (2). They are basic igenous rock consisting of basalt and a vesicular lava. In pit 9, several 18th-19th c. ceramic sherds were recovered suggesting that the disturbed cobbled road was deposited in the mid-late Victorian period, a likely date for the earliest tarmac resurfacing of the road (1)

<1> S.A. Savage, 2008, A46 Safety Improvement Scheme and New Safety Camera Signage between Widmerpool and Saxondale, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Watching Brief Report, p. 8-9 (Unpublished document). SNT5184.

<2> S. A. Savage, 2006, Stragglethorpe Lighting Cable Replacement Scheme Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Watching Brief Report, p. 5 (Unpublished document). SNT5185.