Possibly Anglo-Saxon pit at New Moor Farm, Tillingham Road (EHER 83350)

Trial trenching in 2024 recorded a probably Anglo-Saxon pit containing a small assemblage of late 5th to early 7th century pottery. The only other material of this date is an annular loomweight recovered from a Roman ditch.

September-October 2024. Trial trenching. A single large pit of probable Anglo-Saxon date was located at the northern end of Trench 21. No other material of this date was discovered in the immediate area. The small assemblage of pottery from the lower fill of the pit was dated to the late 5th to early 7th centuries. The pit may have remained open for some time – perhaps as a shallow depression – as the upper fill contained later fragments of medieval or post-medieval tile. The only other material of this date is an annular loomweight recovered from Roman ditch 229 in Trench 39. This artefact was either intrusive or deposited into a relic, partially open earthwork. <1>