Medieval and post-medieval pottery, King George V Playing Field, off Station Road (EHER 49435)

2017 Test Pit 10. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. The pottery from this test pit suggests that the site had a marginal use throughout the medieval and post-medieval periods, before being occupied in the Victorian era. Other finds were also recovered but remain largely undated, beside some modern material.

April 2017. Access Cambridge Archaeology test pitting. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. The pottery from this test pit suggests that the site had a marginal use throughout the medieval and post-medieval periods, before being occupied in the Victorian era. <1> <2> The vast majority of the pottery excavated from Test Pit 10 dates as 19th century ‘Victorian’ wares although a small number of medieval and post-medieval wares were also recorded. These have been identified as Hedingham Ware, Late medieval ware, Glazed Red Earthenware and Staffordshire Slipware. The finds excavated from the test pit include a Mini Cheddars food bag with a best before date of the 7th December 1996, a plastic wrapper, animal bone, ceramic building material (CBM), coal, slate, glass, iron nails and bolts, a metal nut, tile and a number of pieces of slag. <3>