Anlgo-Saxon pottery sherds at Audley End Station (EHER 48374)

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Summary

Anglo-Saxon pottery recovered during top soil strip for car park at Wendens Ambo railway station.

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Grid reference	TL 5169 3628 (point)
Civil Parish	WENDENS AMBO, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Early Medieval - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

2009. Strip, map, and sample. Archaeological monitoring of a car park site being stripped identified a number of pottery sherds. The occurrence of two fragments of Anglo-Saxon pottery in the sub-soil is indicative of activity in the vicinity. As was noted above, an early Anglo-Saxon warrior burial was found nearby on the northside of Mutlow Hill in 1847 and evidence for late Saxon occupation was identified at Wendens Ambo. <1>

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SHERD (Early Medieval - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Sources

<1> SEX69222 Evaluation Report: Pullen, A.G.. 2009. An archaeological strip, map and sample exercise of Land at Audley End Railway Station, Audley End, Essex.

Related Events (1)

Archaeological Intervention: Strip, Map, and Sample by Pre-Construct Archaeology at land at Audley End Railway Station, Audley End, Wendens Ambo, 2009 (Ref: EAER09) (EEX56675)

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