The Pleistocene fluvial gravels temporarily exposed at Newton St Loe exhibit scour-and-fill structures. The trough cross bedding is consistent with the gravels having been laid down by a braided river, a fluvial style usually associated with cold stage sedimentation.
The presence of scour-and-fill patterns and trough cross bedding in Pleistocene gravel deposits at Newton St Loe suggests they were deposited by a braided river, a type of river system commonly associated with cold-stage sedimentation.