NHER 25350 (Monument record) - Prehistoric, Saxon and medieval pottery sherds and finds, London Road Cemetery

'Over several years before 1989'. Casual Finds.
Several finds have been collected by cemetery staff while grave digging.
These finds have been identified as a sherd of Neolithic or Bronze Age pottery, 44 sherds of coarse Thetford Ware, 384 sherds of medium Thetford Ware, 42 sherds St Neot's ware, small quantities of medieval and post medieval pottery, a glass bead, a post medieval copper alloy finger ring, and a groat of Elizabeth I.
Identified by P. Andrews (NAU).
See list in file.

Also reported but not seen: medieval and post medieval metalwork, coins of Harold and William I.
E. Rose (NAU) 31 July 1989.

April to May 1993. Casual Find.
Additional Saxon pottery sherds (S1) have been recovered while digging a grave, where a pit feature may have been cut. Soil from this grave was examined by [1] prior to back-filling, yielding several additional sherds. Between April and May several more interments took place and similar pit-like features were observed.
Details awaited from NCM of Early Saxon sherd.
Information from (S2-4).

The finds reported in 1993 include a medieval lead key - see polaroid (S5).
P. Watkins (HES), 20 September 2018.