Post-medieval pottery, L.M Sage Hardware, 10 High Street (EHER 48860)

2015 Test Pit 5. Mid 16th century and later pottery was recovered from one of 12 test pits excavated as part of an Access Cambridge Archaeology project. The finds suggest there was very little activity at the site before the 19th century.

April 2015. Access Cambridge Archaeology test pitting. All the pottery excavated from Test Pit 5 dates from the mid 16th century and later as Glazed Red Earthenware and Delft Ware. The vast majority of the pottery found however dates as 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares, indicating that there was very little activity at the site before that time. The other finds consist of pieces of tarmac, ceramic building material (CBM), mortar, tile, modern tile, slag, coal, slate, oyster shell, animal bone, glass and a wig curler. <1>