Roman and post-medieval pottery, King George V Playing Field, off Station Road (EHER 49432)

2017 Test Pit 7. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. This site appears to have been unoccupied before the Victorian era, other than having a marginal use such as fields in Roman times. Other finds were also recovered but remain undated.

April 2017. Access Cambridge Archaeology test pitting. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. This site appears to have been unoccupied before the Victorian era, other than having a marginal use such as fields in Roman times. <1> <2> A single sherd of Roman pottery was excavated from Test Pit 7 that was mixed in with a large amount of 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares. The other finds from the pit consist of modern brick fragments, ceramic building material (CBM), tile, mortar, slate, coal, glass, metal wire, a metal loop, iron nails, a modern screw, a very degraded one penny coin (no date visible), a thin strip of metal, pieces of tarmac, plastic, a sewer drain fragment, a metal nut, pieces of scrap metal and oyster shell. Beside the modern material, no date is given for this assemblage. <3>