Medieval and post-medieval pottery, Mead House, 52 Queenborough Road (EHER 49418)

2016 Test Pit 3. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. Most of the pottery from this test pit is Victorian, indicating that the site was not used before that time, other than perhaps as fields in the 16th – 17th century. 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. Most of the pottery from this test pit is Victorian, indicating that the site was not used before that time, other than perhaps as fields in the 16th – 17th century. <1> <2> All the pottery excavated from Test Pit 3 dates to the mid 16th century and later with single sherds of both Glazed Red Earthenware and Staffordshire Slipware both recorded. The majority of the pottery found however dates as 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares. The other finds consist of ceramic building material (CBM), clay pipe, tile, glass including a bottle stopper, a metal hook and bracket, coal, mortar/cement and a small piece of plastic. <1>