Roman foundation trench and clay deposit at South Street (GC1), Great Chesterford (EHER 13902)

Excavations, comprising three trenches, in advance of residential development revealed Roman features.

1989. Watching brief. Excavations in advance of residential development. The Roman features comprised: a gully, up to 0.16m deep and filled with a typical rubbish deposit, including pottery, bone, oyster shell and medium and large flints; presumably a flint wall had been robbed from this trench, which had subsequently been used as a rubbish dump; the pottery dates this secondary use of the trench to the later 2nd century AD or soon after. A clay layer (observed in trenches B and C) 0.3m deep, probably belonged to the Roman period. The bulk of the Roman pottery was of early second-mid third century date, including Samian. A dog burial contained a small amount of Roman pot, but the burial itself may not be Roman. <1> See also <2>.