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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 31388 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | SAXON & MEDIEVAL FEATURES, PIRTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, PIRTON |
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Summary
Pits and ditches with Saxon and medieval pottery, and other features which may be contemporary
Monument Types
- PIT (?, Middle Saxon - 550 AD to 869 AD)
- DITCH (Late Saxon to Medieval - 870 AD to 1500 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Associated Events
- Archaeological evaluation at Pirton School, High Street, Pirton, 2017 (Ref: PIR-PS-17)
Full description
Features excavated at Pirton Primary School in 2017 included a pit containing a sherd of Maxey-type Ware pottery dating to AD 650-850; a ditch containing two sherds of St Neots Ware (AD 900-1150), cut by another ditch containing three sherds of medieval Hertfordshire Grey Ware; a gully containing one sherd of Shelly Coarseware (AD 1100-1400) and which may be part of the same medieval ditch; and undated features (a ditch, two post holes) which appeared likely to be contemporary. There was also some animal bone (cattle and horse), representing butchery and domestic refuse <1>.
<1> Wroe-Brown, Robin, 2017, Archaeological evaluation at Pirton School, High Street, Pirton, Hertfordshire, RNO 3814 (Report). SHT18059.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Report: Wroe-Brown, Robin. 2017. Archaeological evaluation at Pirton School, High Street, Pirton, Hertfordshire. field evaluation. RNO 3814. |
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