Medieval pottery sherds at Corringham (EHER 7212)

Observations here on works for Stanford-le-Hope by-pass recovered medieval pottery sherds.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Observations here on works for Stanford-le-Hope by-pass in 1970. "Scraping across the line of an old water course, surviving in a much diminished form as a field boundary, produced a scatter of pottery fragments: more were found in the upcast from a surface water drainage trench south of the west-bound carriageway. The section was unfortunately not observed". Two medieval sherds are illustrated in <1>: a jar in a hard grey fabric with buff surfaces, heavily flint-gritted, of 13th-14th century date; a "rim with black, vesiculated, soapy fabric... probably 12th century". Unillustrated finds included rim sherds from two vessels, similar in form to the illustrated jar, in a hard grey-brown fabric, one with green glaze on the outside, below the rim. Many small medieval sherds from the 12th century onwards were also found. Finds are in Thurrock Museum. <1> - <4>