Medieval and post-medieval pottery, King George V Playing Field, off Station Road (EHER 49424)

2016 Test Pit 9. 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 and is largely 19th century.

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> The majority of the pottery excavated from Test Pit 9 dates as 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares, although an additional four sherds of Glazed Red Earthenware were also recorded from context three. The disturbance on site mainly dates from the 19th century and was found through contexts two and three with a mix of finds consisting of ceramic building material (CBM), tile, clay pipe, iron bolts, metal rods, a metal washer/nut, coal, a plastic cat cut-out and a small piece of linoleum. <3>