Post-medieval pottery, 87 Burnham Road (EHER 48862)

2015 Test Pit 7. A medium assemblage of post-medieval pottery was recovered from one of 12 test pits excavated as part of an Access Cambridge Archaeology project. The finds do not suggest activity at the site prior to this period.

April 2015. Access Cambridge Archaeology test pitting. The vast majority of the pottery excavated from Test Pit 7 dates as 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares, but single sherds of both Glazed Red Earthenware and English Stoneware were also recorded through the test pit. The test pit was excavated to a depth of 0.6m where the natural was encountered, and pottery assemblage does not indicate any activity at the site before the post-medieval period. The other finds consist of ceramic building material (CBM), coal, modern tile, glass, iron nails, mortar, concrete, modern nails, animal bone, oyster and whelk shell, slate, pieces of plastic, tarmac, a metal washer, and a possible metal cutlery handle. <1>