Find Spot record 0973500000 - Test pits at Steadwell House

Contained withinthe matrix of TP 36 (0973400000) were sherds of early medieval pottery ranging from the early to late Saxon period. From TP 37 a further 12 sherds were recovered and from TP 38 a further 6. this is the highest concentration of pre-conquest pottery found within Leckhampstead and indeed from Akeley and Whittlebury, two other villages explored using the same methodology. The presence fo late pre-conquest pottery points to this area being the main focus for settlement by Domesday Book, although similar material has been found both east and west of this focus. However, the cluster of early-middle Saxon handmade wares, of which two were recovered from this property, is more discrete and indicates a small pre-village nucleus focused on this spot north of the church (B1).