Emergency excavations were carried out in the gravel pit at Attenborough. An early bed of the Erewash was located, filled with clay. Finds from this comprised a small sherd of a Neo bowl with a beaded rim, 3 sherds from the rim of a Neo carinated bowl, a tiny leaf shaped arrowhead of flint, a broken flint scraper, and flint waste. (1)
Finds held at NUM, Accession No. Att.66.78 and Att.69.13. (2)
See L7965 - BA pottery, L7966 - IA pottery, L557 - finds nearby.
Many finds from gravel pit - see SMR map.

<1> EMAB eds, 1966, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 35 (Published document). SNT160.

<2> TPAT, 2014, A&E Heritage Rescue: Community Research Project at the Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire, p 30 (Published document). SNT4700.

<3> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.