Prehistoric burnt stone and post-medieval domestic finds at The Red Lion Public House, Clacton Road, Thorrington (EHER 80582)

2006 Test Pit 4 contained a potentially prehistoric burnt stone. The rest of the finds were restricted to the 19th to 20th century.

June 2006. Test Pit 4. The vast majority of the pottery dates to the Victorian period and found through all four contexts of Test Pit 4. An additional three sherds of Glazed Red Earthenware, post medieval pottery was also excavated from the upper two contexts. The small amounts of post medieval pottery that were excavated from Test Pit 4 suggest that the site was most probably open fields until more intense occupation during the 19th century, most likely from when the pub was built. It is more than likely that the site has been greatly disturbed and was used to dump rubbish, as a lot of finds were also found on the surface and consist of large amounts of bottle glass, slate, coal, iron nails, CBM, a bed spring and scrap metal which were recovered through the upper three contexts and clay pipe that was identified from contexts one and two. A single small piece of burnt stone was also recorded from context three that may be later prehistoric in date, although analysis of the lithics would be needed to prove this. <1>