Medieval ditches, pots, and jugs at High Street (EHER 9739)

Medieval occupation found at Hadleigh High Street, south of the church, in 1968.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Medieval occupation found at Hadleigh High Street, south of the church, in 1968. <1> - <3> The staff of the Prittlewell Priory Museum excavating south of the churchyard discovered a major group of late 13th to 14th century sherds of jugs and cooking-pots, sealed within a later medieval U-shaped ditch by the stone and brick footings of later timber buildings. The ditch, 9 ft wide, represents the first occupation. It runs east-west and there is an eroded bank on its north side. Ditches and banks to the west indicate an extension of the boundary within the 14th century. Later, this domestic occupation continued beside and over the north edge of the turnpike road, the road itself in places overlapping the first late medieval ditch. The main medieval settlement was south of the excavated area. <4>