Late Iron Age pottery, former Croxley Works site, Church Street (EHER 82022)

Trial trenching and archaeological excavation in 2007 recorded residual sherds of Late Iron Age pottery which were interpreted as suggesting the presence of probable rural activity in this period.

June-July 2007. Trial trenching and archaeological excavation. Residual sherds of Late Iron Age pottery were recorded in all three trenches indicating that there was probable activity in the vicinity in the Late Iron Age. The recovery of Late Iron Age pottery, albeit residual in later contexts, does suggest probable rural settlement/farming activity on the higher ground south of the River Chelmer, which may be contemporary with the Late Iron Age settlement at Elms Farm (EHER 81914) to the north. <1>