Medieval quarry pits, Dovercourt Motors site (east side), Spital Road (EHER 47096)

Trial trenching in 2002 recorded evidence of small-scale medieval quarry activity, though there were high levels of post-medieval truncation and contamination.

October 2002. Trial trenching. The evaluation recorded evidence of small-scale medieval activity on the periphery of the medieval core of the town, though there were high levels of post-medieval truncation and contamination. No evidence was found to support the existence of a Saxon burh, instead possible domestic associations with medieval quarrying practices, similar to those on the adjacent site (EHER 47089), are likely. <1> Medieval quarrying was also recorded in the west side of the Dovercourt Motors investigation, see EHER 47089.