Saxon pottery, 11 Dickeymoors (EHER 1115)

Limited excavation of a possible gravel pit of late Roman date produced a Saxon pottery sequence from the middle fills.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Limited excavation of a possible gravel pit of late Roman date produced a Saxon pottery sequence from the middle fills. Finds ranged in date from a 5th century carinated vessel to a 9th or 10th century bar-lipped vessel. <1> <2> <3> P J Drury for the Chelmsford Excavation Committee excavated at 11, Dickey Moor to record and obtain a controlled sample from a large feature located in extending the house. Excavation revealed a small part of the filling of a large late Roman feature, probably a gravel pit, consisting of a sequence of soils and deliberate fillings. The lowest level produced only late Roman pottery (detailed in EHER 1114) but the middle levels yielded Saxon pottery ranging from a 5th century carinated vessel to a bar-lip pot perhaps of the 9th or 10th century, and medieval wares in the upper layers (detailed in EHER 1116). <2> A total of 1841g of Anglo-Saxon pottery was recovered, mostly early to middle Saxon but including a small amount of late Saxon St. Neots type ware. <4> Site Assessment = Housing-threats from extensions. Also partly in a field. <1> Additional reference <5> <6>