Nineteenth century pottery, Cotton's Cottage, 65 Queen Street (EHER 49416)

2016 Test Pit 1. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. All the pottery from this test pit is Victorian, indicating that the site was not used before that time. Other finds were also recovered but remain undated.

April 2016. Access Cambridge Archaeology test pitting. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. All the pottery from this test pit is Victorian, indicating that the site was not used before that time. <1> <2> A medium assemblage of 19th century pottery. The other finds consist of tile, ceramic building material (CBM), clay pipe, sewer drain fragments, pieces of glass, including a marble, foil, buttons, iron nails and bolts, scrap metal, coal, slate, a slate pencil, central battery cores, mortar, oyster shell and animal bone. <3>