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CHER Number:MCB20169
Type of record:Monument
Name:Saxon and Medieval pottery at 19 Fen Lane, Sawtry

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 169 837
Parish:Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire

Monument Type(s):

  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon to 19th century - 410 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds:

  • SHERD (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Events:

  • HEFA Test Pits, Sawtry, 2014 (Ref: SAW/14)

Full description

1. Sawtry HEFA test pit 6 (2014) was located along Fen Lane. The earliest pottery sherds recovered are of Stamford ware dated to the late Saxon or medieval period. Medieval sandy ware and Shelly ware was also recovered. Some Late Medieval Oxidized ware was also present.


<1> 2014, Sawtry, 2014: Pottery report for HEFA Programme testpit exercise (Unpublished document). SCB45738.

Sources and further reading

<1>Unpublished document: 2014. Sawtry, 2014: Pottery report for HEFA Programme testpit exercise.