1 - The red outline shows the newly excavated gravel bed at stainton , again the bed is about 300mm deep very compact and very level .
2 - The red outline I hope shows how compact and flat the stainton gravel beds are .
3 - Again I hope the red outline in this image shows uniformity of these ancient gravel beds .
4 - As shown in many previous posts the widespread Stainton gravel beds are far from erratic deposits , and cover every area of south west Cleveland I have excavated .
5 - The yellow outlines show the ever present grey - blue organic deposit that sits above the gravel beds at all locations .
6 - A close up of the blue - grey deposit .
HISTORY OF A BECK: The Stainton gravel beds
1 - The red outline shows the newly excavated gravel bed at stainton , again the bed is about 300mm deep very compact and very level .
2 - The red outline I hope shows how compact and flat the stainton gravel beds are .
3 - Again I hope the red outline in this image shows uniformity of these ancient gravel beds .
4 - As shown in many previous posts the widespread Stainton gravel beds are far from erratic deposits , and cover every area of south west Cleveland I have excavated .
5 - The yellow outlines show the ever present grey - blue organic deposit that sits above the gravel beds at all locations .
6 - A close up of the blue - grey deposit .