NHER 2398 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman objects, Holme Park Farm Gravel Pits

In the mid 1930s a variety of finds appear to have been recovered from this former quarry pit. Some of the records, such as (S1), clearly refer to this pit, which is described as lying "East of Holme Park farm". It is also marked on some subsequent O.S maps as a place where Iron Age and Roman finds had been recovered. It has been assumed that this pit is also the source of a number of discoveries that were reported as coming from the "New Pit" around this time (the 'old' pit being Garbolds pit - NHER 2397). A degree of uncertainty is however introduced by the fact that this pit has been recorded by (S2) and (S3) as lying "1/4 mile nearer Runcton Holme village and c. 100 yards west of main road". This is presumably an error, as the pit clearly lies further from Runcton Holme village than Garbolds Pit.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 November 2013.

1936. Stray Find.
From New Pit:
Flint flakes found. Recorded under (S3) so presumably thought to be Mesolithic. Discovery apparently reported in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 November 2013.

Also flints of Bronze Age type.
E. Rose (NLA).

1936. Site No. 2. New pit 90m (100yds) west of main road and 0.25 miles nearer Runcton Holme village. (i.e. nearer than pit to south, not nearer than below finds).
Roman pottery found by [1].
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

1937. New pit.
[1] describes find as an iron halberd head.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Sketch in file.

1937. Gravel pit east of Holme Park Farm. West of main road.
Iron Age pottery at least one 'early' rim. (p.t.2).
Information from [1]. Pottery (1939) information from [2].
See sketch (S5) and (S6).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).