Ditch digging revealed a Roman grey rim, f305, a base possibly C4 and several fragments of vitrified material like the vitrified face of a pottery kiln or debris from a red hill although there is no red earth here. Colchester Museum records further report of pottery, oyster shells and wood found in 1846.<1><2> One piece of vitrified material with greenish glaze on both sides is interpreted by Mr H. Poulter as slag skimmed from molten material.<2>