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Fieldwalking: Chandlers Mead (Hilly Field) H197
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Prehistoric
Seventeen pieces were collected here, of which a few may be Mesolithic, but the majority are likely to be of later prehistoric date, including toe of the three expedient end scrapers.
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Pottery
One sherd of possible Late Bronze Age pottery, two pieces of Romano-British ware, 11 13th-14th C. sherds and one example of 18th-19th C. pottery were collected. Other discoveries include 10 Medieval and 6 Post-medieval tile fragments and a Lower Greensand rotary quern (undated).
C13th-14th. 241 sherds were recovered. The earliest is early/mid C13th, but most is mid C13th-mid 14th, perhaps with a few slightly later sherds. They are mainly sand tempered Ringmer cooking pots though there are a few glazed jugs too.
C17th. One piece of hard-fired earthenware.
C18th-19th. Eight examples of glazed red earthenwares were collected.
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Tile
C14th-16th. 123 pieces of later medieval to early post-medieval tile.
C18th-19th. 14 pieces of Post-medieval tile (including one piece of mathematical tile).
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Other finds include one piece of C13th-14th chimney pot, two pieces of Lower Greensand rotary quern (undated), ten pieces of Post-medieval brick (C18th-19th) and five clay pipe stems and one bowl fragment - all C19th.
From the quantity of C13th-14th pottery recovered from a relatively small area of the field it is most likely the site of a medieval farmstead. |
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Ringmer pot sherds in situ in Hilly Field |
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