iron age / saxonorman pottery for ID please

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

Found on dig today from 2m deep v shaped ditch.
(I think iron age and the archaeologist thinks saxon/norman)

[Chef Geoff]

I don't know anybody who is brave enough to id pottery sherds from photographs or without knowing the exact location for known styles, clays etc but for what it's worth (which isn't much ) the texture, inclusions and oxidised surface are very similar to 12th/13th century ceramic found in Hereford itself, type A3

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

Cheers Geoff that does fit the site . North Hfds border next to known norman mound

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

The ditch they came out of.

[Val Beechey]

As Geoff said, you have to be daring to ID pottery shards but I did look at it and think the bigger piece was very similar to some 14th cent. shards I found.
Certainly dates a site when there aren't any coins around. 

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

Yes Val I agree, this site is a poser for sure, as its next to a church on a possible Celtic site. (the church has a circular church yard on a promontory), Less than 30m from the ditch is a the remains of a moated manor house, the only metal ware found is all late 18thC onwards, as is 98% of the pottery apart from these and a couple of very small pieces of late green glaze.

[Val Beechey]

The Archies were in one of my fields earlier this year.  It was well known that there was a Templar Farm under a Norman Mott and a ditch around the Mott.  But what took them by surprise (I don't know why) when building work started another ditch was found. This one was suspected to be Iron Age.

Just proves that there's more under our feet than we sometimes suspect.