Early Saxon sherd, Danbury Camp, Church Green (EHER 5620)

Watching brief on cable-laying along narrow lane linking north west corner of Danbury Church Green with A414 (east of Almshouses and Co-op store) uncovered a single small sherd of early Saxon, grass-tempered pottery.

Watching brief, 1980 Watching brief on cable-laying along narrow lane linking north west corner of Danbury Church Green with A414 (east of Almshouses and Co-op store). The trench was only excavated to around 35cm in width and around 45cm in depth. Modern disturbances were noted, also the tops of features cut into light buff clay natural. Finds indicate that most features were post medieval but a single small sherd of early Saxon, grass-tempered pottery was found in a feature may indicate it was of Saxon date. In this feature, which had a fill of sandy, dark soil, oyster shell formed a small patch around 15cm deep below the tarmac on the east side of the trench. The sherd was found 4cm from the surface on the east side of the trench. The sherd "is an addition to the small number of finds of this date already recorded from Danbury" (see EHER 5610) <1> <2> Finds in Chelmsford Museum <3> Site Assessment = Accession numbers?