At the east end of the access route were two sub-circular pits measuring between 0.38–1.2m in diameter by 0.09–0.28m deep and containing yellowish grey to greyish brown sand/silty sand. Interpreted as dumped deposits, the fills contained burnt stone and charcoal flecks.

One pit contained 50 sherds from a scored ware jar of middle to late Iron Age date and included the base and a quarter of the rim. A cattle tooth and the long bone of a large mammal was also retrieved from the pit.

The second pit contained pottery of late Iron Age/1st century AD date.

Heat-affected stone was retrieved from the pits and may have been used as pot boilers, although heated stone is not uncommon on archaeological sites and could have had many uses.

Tobin Raynor, 2017, Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Sturton-Le-Steeple Quarry, Nottinghamshire (Unpublished document). SNT6027.