Roman pottery from west of Little Chesterford (EHER 4796)

Roman pottery was recovered during a watching brief in 1979.

March 1979. Watching brief. A watching brief brought to light evidence of prehistoric and early Roman occupation. This section was disturbed by recutting and an earlier ditch alignment so it was not possible to determine the context of the finds. The pottery was mixed with a dirty gravel matrix and may have come from a cropmark complex on the opposite side of the road, close to the river. The site is 1 mile from the Roman town at Great Chesterford and nearly 1 and a half miles from Littlebury where Roman activity is known. The river Cam runs along the east side of the cropmarks. The site is approximately 40m above sea level and is on the flood plain of the river. The pottery is early Roman: butt beakers, a large storage jar and a carinated jar. All the pottery was dated to 40-56 AD, the carinated jar could have a range to 60. Drawings of pottery are in source <1>. <1> <2> Site Assessment: In 1979 the GCAG hoped to carry out field walking here. <1>