Medieval and post-medieval pottery, Southminster Residential Home, Station Road (East) (EHER 48857)

2015 Test Pit 2. A wide range of pottery including Glazed Red Earthenware and Mill Green Ware was recovered from one of 12 test pits excavated as part of an Access Cambridge Archaeology project. The finds suggest the site has been in use from the 12th century right through to the present day.

April 2015. Access Cambridge Archaeology test pitting. A wide range of pottery types were excavated from Test Pit 2, although the majority of which dates to the 16th century and later as Glazed Red Earthenware, Cologne Stoneware, Harlow Slipware, Delft Ware, Staffordshire White Salt-Glazed Stoneware and as 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares. A small amount of medieval wares were also recorded from the test pit and have been identified as Essex Grey Ware, Mill Green Ware and Late medieval Colchester ware. The wide range of pottery from this test pit shows the site has been used from the early medieval period, probably the 12th century, right through to the present day. Other finds consist of glass, clay pipe, coal, slate, pieces of concrete/cement, oyster shell, tile, CBM, animal bone, iron nails and slag. <1>