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English: 8 abraded sherds of medieval and late-medieval pottery ranging in date from the 11th to 16th century.

The earliest in date is a small body sherd of pre-Norman conquest grass marked pottery. It is dark grey in colour throughout with a light grey internal slip or skin. Inclusions consist of frequent poorly sorted rounded and sub-rounded quartz (<2.5mm), occasional angular ?igneous material (<6mm), and isolated angular limestone (<5mm). The external surface may be grass marked, possibly from clamp firing. This vessel probably dates from the 10th-11th centuries. It measures 25.40mm x 23.46 mm x 7.21mm thick (5.46g). The next oldest sherd is of a hard coarse sandy ware with reduced grey fabric throughout. Inclusions comprise a background of quartz grits generally <0.5mm but occasionally up to 2.5mm; occasional small sub-angular chert/flint (<2mm) and isolated iron ore (<6mm). The sherd measures 25.42mm x 18.63mm x 7.93mm thick (4.64g) and dates from the 12th-13th century. Two conjoining sherds of a medieval sandy coarse ware have been broken in recent times. The fabric has a light grey core and dark grey internal and orange-brown external surfaces. Inclusions comprise a background of abundant fine quartz (<0.1mm) and occasional angular flint or limestone (<2mm). When joined together the sherds measure 41.95mm x 35.69mm x 6.14mm thick (9.07g), dating from the 13th-14th century. The four remaining sherds are of a late medieval fine sandy fabric with oxidesd buff-orange or reduced grey patches. Two body sherds exhibit patches of surviving green or amber glaze. The fabric generally has a fine background of quartz grains barely visible to the naked eye and isolated iron ore. The two glazed sherds have traces of external sooting. They measure 65.23mm x 56.45mm x 11.65mm thick (56.17g) and 50.93mm x 49.50mm x 8.73mm thick (24.78g). An everted rim sherd with flattened external lobe measures 74.01mm x 35.65mm x 7.95mm thick (51.74g). And a rod handle measures 57.39mm long x 15.16mm diameter (16.33g). These sherds date from the 15th-16th century.

A final sherd of tin glazed stoneware probably dates from the 19th century and is not recorded.