Finds of Roman pottery sherds, Near Golf Course (EHER 7393)

In 1973 R.H Farrands was given Roman sherds collected from the surface of this field by Mr M Barker.

In 1973 RH Farrands was given Roman sherds collected from the surface of this field by Mr M Barker. Cropmarks of ring ditches, now quarried away, are known from this field (see 2939). The pottery includes: sherds of bead-rim jars in grog- tempered ware; a few pieces of form 218 in `native' fabric, a small sherd of red butt or girth beaker; Roman greywares; Samian forms 18/31 and 33; a little Colchester colour-coat; a sherd of local (Colchester?) flagon; a piece of Oxford colour- coat bowl; and a South Spanish amphora sherd (probably Dressel 20). All sherds are weathered, abraded and chemically eroded. The pottery is mostly early Roman and indicates occupation of the site in C1AD, but some material is probably C4. No post Roman pottery was noted. <1> AP <2>