NHER 15297 (Find Spot record) - Potentially Palaeolithic faunal remains, prehistoric worked flint and post-medieval pottery

Roosting Hills sand and gravel pit.

21 September 1979. Strip and Record ?.
An area of topsoil was stripped prior to gravel extraction. The surface was well washed and badly smeared. No features were recorded, but two flint flakes, one flint core, and one bodysherd were found. The bodysherd is stoneware with external brown and internal green glaze, dated to the 18th-19th century.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 21 September 1979.

22 November 1983. Field Visit.
Working quarry visited by J. J. Wymer. Several bones recovered by workmen, collected off screening plant, when gravel near river was being dug. Work at present on higher ground up slope towards B1110. Medium to coarse gravel exposed with a silt/sand matrix.
Information from (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 30 January 2016.

29 November 1983. Field Observation.
Investigation of apparent Hoxnian deposits at north end of pit (TF 988 188) by R. G. West and Cambridge team, assisted by J. J. Wymer.
Information from (S1). Also noted in (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 30 January 2016.

2 February 1984. Field Visit.
Short visit by J. J. Wymer. Verified gravel being dug out is all Cannon Shot gravel.
Information from (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 30 January 2016.