Located in the NE of one area were two shallow pits measuring 0.32-0.39m in diameter and 0.1m deep revealed below the topsoil. The pits were both filled with fine black-grey sandy silt which included decorated late Neolithic / early Bronze Age pottery fragments. The shallow nature of the features show that they had been heavily truncated.

It is likely that they may have been part of a small group of pits that were truncated by the landscaping around Stanford Hall.

The small fragments of burnt bone from one of the pits and large quantities of charcoal recovered from both features shows that they were filled with burnt material. The high level of charcoal vitrification suggests a high temperature was achieved during the burning event, though it is unclear if this activity was ritual (such as a pyre burning associated with cremation) or domestic in nature. The location of the pits on top of a hill with good views to the south and south-east, however, points to the former interpretation as being more likely.

Tamlin Barton, 2015, Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SNT5619.