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In March 2004 the long field immediately S of Bridestones was ploughed, levelled and re-seeded with grass. Mr Goodfellow gave us permission to do a fieldwalk. Although confined to the northern side of the otherwise muddy field, several interesting items were found. There was a large amount of broken modern pottery of various glazed styles, patterns and colours. Two clay pipe stems were discovered but apparently nothing of prehistoric date, except many round, whte quartz pebbles as described in 1939 as being in a layer under the BS forecourt. Some iron slag, bits of charcoal and slaked limestone from a localised patch south of the monument.
Our finds have since turned up a largish fragment of course, thick, unglazed pottery from a round pot about 6 inches in diameter. Also, two black flints. One roughly triangular, about 2cm on a side and apparently unworked. The other, rather bigger, has a straightedge that shows signs of nibbling to sharpen it. This is definately worked, and may be a small scraper.
Astronomer, Pickford and Parker.
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