NHER 54862 (Find Spot record) - Potentially prehistoric, Roman, medieval to post-medieval and post-medieval to modern finds

July 2010. 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/10/03) was located at [1] and did not reach natural geological deposits – excavation being halted at a depth of 0.70m due to time constraints. Finds recovered included:
4 Roman pottery sherds.
7 medieval pottery sherds.
1 late medieval/early post-medieval pottery sherd.
4 post-medieval pottery sherds and 2 clay tobacco pipe 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 a possible prehistoric worked flint flake, 6 burnt stone, 3 flat tile fragments, a glazed flat tile fragment, 47 unidentified ceramic building material fragments, 3 slate fragments, 11 glass bottle/container fragments, a possible chain link, a small rounded metal object (like a thimble), an iron bolt, 8 corroded iron scraps and 4 pieces of possible iron slag.
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).
P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2026.