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Test Pit 22- Church Farm, 29 Church Street Willingham
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RB |
ELY |
HG |
GS |
BD |
LMOx |
GRE |
MW |
VIC |
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TP |
Context |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
No |
Wt |
Date |
22 |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
27 |
1680-1900 |
22 |
3 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
16 |
1 |
16 |
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2 |
12 |
1150-1900 |
22 |
4 |
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2 |
28 |
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1 |
49 |
4 |
90 |
1 |
5 |
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1150-1550 |
22 |
5 |
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1 |
9 |
1 |
6 |
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1450-1550 |
22 |
6 |
1 |
31 |
2 |
53 |
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300-1350 |
The pottery from this test-pit shows that there was activity virtually throughout the medieval period, starting around AD1150. There was also a fairly large sherd of Roman pottery, indicating that there is a site of that date nearby. The late medieval pottery is interesting in that it is the only assemblage from all the test-pits that includes German Stonewares of the period, from a number of different pots, and it is possible that the occupants of the house had mercantile connections, or, given that the pottery is largely beer-mugs, it may have been an inn at that time. The lowest or even three contexts appear to be undisturbed medieval soil horizons.