Posthole and Prehistoric to Medieval finds, The Red Lion (EHER 46646)

An archaeological evaluation by Channel 4’s Time Team. Area 2: A series of test pits and trial trenches in a number of buildings in the town.

Area 2: A series of test pits and trial trenches in a number of buildings in the town. The Red Lion Test pits 9 and 10 Two test pits, each 1 m by 1 m sq. and approximately 8 m apart, were dug in land behind the public house. Both test pits were top soil, sub soil and redeposited clay, with a post hole cut into this clay. Finds from prehistoric to modern deposited together. <1> The Post-medieval and modern pottery were recovered from the topsoil, 44 sherds of medieval material and a sherd of Saxon ware were found in the subsoil layer and medieval pottery and an abraded prehistoric fragment from the redeposited clay. All were accompanied by more modern material suggesting that it is all derived. <1>