Monument record LMD 253 - OUTLINE RECORD: Late Saxon and medieval pottery, Ormiston Academy Testpitting, Feb 2016

Five test pits were excavated in the northern half of Long Melford by students from Thomas Gainsborough School and Ormiston Sudbury Academy. One test pit had Late Anglo Saxon pottery that was from the top green, where in previous years test pitting additional Late Saxon pottery and building remains have been recorded, so there is likely a Late Saxon site just south of the church and hospital. A single test pit also yielded high medieval pottery from opposite the green. All the test pits produced later medieval pottery and continues to suggest that the village was not greatly affected by the Black Death and other socio-economic factors during the 14th century, the village was thriving and the two separate foci began to become one settlement.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2016 (S1)