Medieval to post-medieval pottery sherds at Test Pit 1, Clavering Test Pit Survey (EHER 49082)

A test pit survey throughout Clavering following the main high street, Pelham Road, totalling 12 excavation pits to established where the localised Bronze Age, medieval, and post-medieval activity was through finds retrieved. This record refers to Test Pit 1. It contained medieval and post-medieval pottery.

2016. Test pitting. A test pit survey throughout Clavering following the main high street, Pelham Road, totalling 12 excavation pits to establish where the localised Bronze Age, medieval, and post-medieval activity was through finds retrieved. Test Pit 1: A single sherds of medieval Hedingham Ware was excavated from context two of CLV/16/1 and was mixed in with four sherds of Victorian pot. Very few finds were excavated from CLV/16/1, although a single sherd of high medieval pottery was recorded and may suggest that this area of land has always been open fields next to the River Stort as it is probably prone to flooding. Despite the presence of the 16th century house opposite the land continued to have little use with slightly more activity into the 19th century, perhaps related to a change in land use. The few finds also excavated consist of CBM, tile, a brick fragment, iron nails, scrap metal and animal bone. A single possible worked flint was also found from context five and may indicate the presence of probable later prehistoric activity along the northern banks of the River Stort, although analysis of the lithics would be needed to confirm this. <1> See also: <2>