NHER 52976 (Find Spot record) - Roman, Late Saxon, medieval to post-medieval and post-medieval to modern finds

June 2009. Test Pit.
Excavation of single test pit by local school children as part of the Higher Education Field Academy (HEFA) programme run by Access Cambridge Archaeology.
This test pit (ACL/09/8) was located at [1] and excavated to natural geological deposits, which were encountered at a depth of 0.8m.
Finds recovered include:
2 Roman pottery sherds.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
5 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds.
3 post-medieval pottery sherds and 2 clay tobacco pipe stem fragments.
28 late post-medieval/modern pottery sherds.
This test pit also produced a range of other finds that were not subject to specialist examination, the majority of which are either of probable late post-medieval to modern date or inherently undatable. These additional objects include 1 possible prehistoric worked flint, 6 burnt stones, 2 curved roof tile fragments, 12 flat tile fragments, 30 unidentified ceramic building material fragments, pieces of bottle, vessel and window glass, 2 iron nails, 3 pieces of scrap iron, 2 pieces of iron slag and a single fragment of animal bone.
For further details, including a wider discussion of the results of the HEFA test pitting surveys undertaken in Acle between 2009 and 2014 see report (S1), which incorporates information from pottery report (S2). See also local press article (S3).
P. Watkins (HES), 10 May 2026.

March 2014. Test Pit.
Excavation of single test pit by local school children as part of the Higher Education Field Academy (HEFA) programme run by Access Cambridge Archaeology.
This test pit (ACL/14/1) was located at [2] and did not reach natural geological deposits – excavation being halted at a depth of 1.00m due to time constraints. Finds recovered included:
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
2 medieval pottery sherds.
23 late post-medieval/modern pottery sherds.
This test pit also produced a range of other finds that were not subject to specialist examination, the majority of which are either of probable late post-medieval to modern date or inherently undatable. These additional objects include
2 peg roof tile fragments, 13 flat tile fragments, 26 unidentified ceramic building material fragments (including a pink/purple fragment), a slate pencil, pieces of bottle, vessel and probable window glass, a bridle fitting, 6 iron nails, 3 corroded iron lumps and a corroded iron scrap.
For further details, including a wider discussion of the results of the HEFA test pitting surveys undertaken in Acle between 2009 and 2014 see report (S1), which incorporates information from pottery report (S4).
P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2026.