DURING A WATCHING BRIEF AT THE COTTAGE, NORTH END A LATE SAXON DOMESTIC REFUSE PIT WAS FOUND CONTAINING POTTERY, BONE AND A FRAGMENT OF MID RED SCORCHED CLAY. THIS PIT SUGGESTS THAT THE SITE ITSELF OR ONE OF THE ADJOINING PLOTS WAS OCCUPIED DURING THE TENTH-ELEVENTH CENTURY. THE SCORCHED CLAY PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE REMAINS OF A HEARTH. {1}{2}