The unstratified ceramic finds are consistent with those from earlier seasons. Within the small assemblage of pottery sherds, there are isolated examples from the Roman period, through early medieval, medieval and early post-medieval periods, and rather more from the eighteenth-century onwards. The later ceramic finds are likely that these finds were deposited by manuring. As with the results of watching briefs from earlier seasons. It is likely that most, if not all, of these finds arrived at this location from spreading of manure from the farms and homesteads of Kirton village and its immediate surroundings, and they provide shadowy snapshots of the wares that were used and available locally.

A single Roman Greyware sherd (GREY) was recovered from the subsoil. The abraded sherd is from a jar or bowl of general Roman date.

The subsoil produced a sherd from a Torksey-type (TORKT) jar of potential late 9th to mid-11th century date. The sherd is in a reduced fabric with oxidised surfaces and surface kiln flashing and may have been produced at a centre other than Torksey such as Newark.

A single unlocated sherd from the subsoil is from a Nottingham Glazed ware variant (NOTGV) jug of 13th or 14th century date.

Eight sherds from five vessels are of post-medieval type. Three unlocated Brown-glazed Earthenware sherds (BERTH) found in the subsoil are from a jug of late 16th to 17th century type. Another Brown-glazed Earthenware sherd from a large bowl of late 17th to 18th century date was recovered from the surface layer. The subsoil layer produced a Black-glazed Earthenware sherd (BL) from a jar of late 17th to 18th century date.

Two Slipware (SLIP) sherds from a single 18th century press-moulded dish with trailed and feathered decoration were recovered from the surface layer.

Two stoneware sherds recovered from the site are of early modern date. A sherd from a small English Stoneware (ENGS) bottle found in the surface layer is of 19th to mid-20th century date. The layer also produced a small sherd from an 18th century Nottingham Stoneware jar (NOTS).

The assemblage suggests Roman, late Saxon, medieval, post-medieval and early modern rubbish disposal in the area of the site.

A small collection of clay tobacco pipe was collected from the natural layer during archaeological monitoring at Kirton Quarry.The clay tobacco pipe is in generally good condition with one example showing signs of abrasion. The tobacco pipe is represented by two snapped stems. The best example retains a squashed flat heel typical of pipes of early-mid 18th century design.

A utilised flake, recovered from the topsoil, is a piece of slightly irregular flake debitage. The morphological attributes of this piece are indicative of a relatively informal freehand hard hammer core reduction strategy, which is broadly typical of the later Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.

D. Heale, 2020, Kirton Quarry: Archaeological Watching Brief - New Best Red Quarry extension, August 2019, Page 12-20 (Unpublished document). SNT5516.