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Test Pit 13 - 44 High Street Cottenham
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EMS |
EMW |
SHW |
GRIM |
GRE |
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ES |
VIC |
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TP |
Context |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
Date |
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13 |
1 |
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3 |
21 |
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1 |
9 |
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1 |
6 |
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1200-1750 |
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13 |
2 |
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3 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
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5 |
13 |
1550-1900 |
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13 |
3 |
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3 |
18 |
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1 |
1 |
1550-1900 |
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13 |
4 |
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2 |
22 |
1800-1900 |
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13 |
5 |
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5 |
96 |
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1550-1700 |
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13 |
6 |
1 |
10 |
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1 |
13 |
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3 |
39 |
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600-1700 |
This test-pit produced a sherd of decorated 6th century Anglo-Saxon pottery, which is a very rare find. It is possibly a fragment of a cremation urn, although decorated pottery was also used for domestic purposes. The rest of the assemblage indicates that people were using the site in the 12th and 13th centuries, but also that it was then abandoned until the 16th century, and has been used ever since. All the medieval pottery is mixed in with later material and it appears that the site was heavily dug over in the 16th or 17th century.