Medieval and post-medieval pottery, King George V Playing Field, off Station Road (EHER 49434)

2017 Test Pit 9. 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 the early medieval era (1200-1400). 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 the early medieval era (1200-1400). <1><2> The vast majority of the pottery excavated from Test Pit 9 dates as 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares, although a single sherd of medieval Hedingham Ware was also identified from context four. The other finds consist of a plastic wrapper, concrete, modern tile fragments, ceramic building material (CBM), glass, coal, slag, tile, a long metal rod, an iron nail, pieces of scrap metal, clay pipe and a few pieces of plastic. <3>