NHER 54869 (Find Spot record) - Potentially prehistoric, Roman, 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/10/10) was located at [1] and did not reach natural geological deposits – excavation being halted at a depth of 0.50m due to time constraints. Finds recovered included:
12 Roman pottery sherds.
6 medieval pottery sherds.
2 post-medieval pottery sherds.
1 late post-medieval/modern pottery sherd.
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 possible prehistoric worked flints, 3 burnt stones, 2 flat tile fragments, 7 ceramic building material fragments, a slate fragment, pieces of bottle, container and window glass, 3 iron nails, 8 corroded iron scraps, 2 corroded iron lumps and 26 pieces of 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.

April 2024. Stray Find. [2].
Found while gardening at [3]:
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 15 May 2024 and 1 September 2024.