IN 1973, POTTERY WAS COLLECTED FROM A POSSIBLE MEDIEVAL SALTERN MOUND TO THE SOUTH OF A FORMER BREWERY IN THE JUNCTION BETWEEN THE A17 AND THE ROAD THROUGH BICKER. LOCALLY KNOWN AS THE 'CHURCHYARD', MUCH ANIMAL BONE WAS DUG UP. FORMERLY A POND WHICH IS NOW FILLED IN. LATE MEDIEVAL POTTERY WAS FOUND INCLUDING BOURNE D PANCHEON AND OTHER SHERDS, RAEREN BASE AND COMPLEX RIM. ALSO FOUND WERE ONE OR TWO SHERDS OF ABRADED RED SANDY WARE, AND A TOYNTON LATE HOOKED RIM PANCHEON AND OTHER SHERDS. A SPLASHED WARE TYPE POSSIBLE URINAL WITH A GREEN GLAZED HANDLE WAS ALSO FOUND.{1}