Undated rubbish pit at 10 High Street, Tollesbury (EHER 47166)

A watching brief in 2001 recorded a large rubbish pit.

May 2005. Watching brief. A watching brief on foundations for a new dwelling revealed large feature cut into natural sand and gravel with dark fill. Foundations had been cut to around 2 metres in depth at this point to regain natural soil. Unfortunately the depth of trench precluded access and the fill of this feature had been previously removed from the site. The fill in section contained oyster, bone, organics and undated ceramic building material. Three sherds were removed from dark spoil which probably originated from this feature, one of which is dated to the 5th/6th century AD. The other two may be Romano-British or medieval. The feature may represent a large gravel or rubbish pit. <1>