Evidence of flandrian valley alluviation in staindale,North York Moors

The Dovedale Griff has incised into valley fill deposits in Staindale to expose sub-fossil wood at the base of a meander cut bank. The wood includes oak (Quercus sp.) driftwood, and apparently in situ stumps of willow (Salix sp.) and alder (Alnus sp.). An alder stump is dated at 6270 radiocarbon years BP. Fluvial gravels approximately 1±5 m thick have accumulated above the wood, which has been exposed by renewed incision.