Table 30: Heybridge, Elms Farm, Essex, 1993-5: Samian as a Percentage within Pottery Groups by Weight (exc. amphora)


Site Group Date Range of Group % of Group
formed by Samian,
by Weight		 Approx. Sample Size Context Type
Area D, Pit 9218, fills 9217, 9370 c AD 55-80

1.5

21.1kg

 P
Area I, Pit 13640, fill 13681 c AD 55-80

0.4

12.9kg

 P
Area I, Pit 13717, fill 13692 c AD 55-80

0.1

13.8kg

 P
Area K, Pit 4163, fill 4164 c AD 55-80

0.4

1.6kg

 P
Area Q, Pit 17086, fill 17087 c AD 55-80

3.2

2.9kg

 D
Area M, Pit 24013, fill 24014 (1) c AD 70-80

0.6

2.2kg

 P
Area K, Pit 4733, fills 4725, 4758, 4823, 4872, 4976c AD 80-100

1.0

8.3kg

P
Area M, Pit 15773, fill 24258 (2) c AD 80-100

0.5

2.1kg

 P
Area H, Pit 6201, fill 6203 c AD 80-125

1.6

5.2kg

 P
Area H, Ditch 6646, fill 6647 c AD 80-125

0.9

5.5kg

 D
Area I, Pit 13771, fill 13825 c AD 80-125

0.2

21.0kg

 P
Area J, Pit 5147, fill 5146 c AD 80-125

2.4

12.5kg

 P
Area K, Pit 4136, fill 4138 c AD 80-125

0.4

13.3kg

 P
Area L, Pit 20174, fill 20180 c AD 80-125

3.4

3.5kg

P
Area Q, Ditch 17198, fill 17189 (2) c AD 80-125

0.03

10.8kg

 D
Area E, Pit 10026, fill 10054 c AD 125-170

2.0

1.2kg

 P
Area E, Pit 10044, fill 10024 (2) c AD 125-170

0.2

2.3kg

 P
Area F, Ditch 10159, fill 10182 (3) c AD 125-170

1.4

21.3kg

 D
Area G, Pit 7118, fills 7119, 7166 (4) c AD 125-170

3.9

5.8kg

 P
Area I, 'Trench' 18697, fill 13813 c AD 125-170

2.2

5.3kg

 T
Area K, Pit 4137, fill 4152 c AD 125-170

4.4

1.3kg

 P
Area K, Pit 4211, fill 4212 c AD 125-170

6.7

1.7kg

 P
Area K, Pit 4536, fill 4537 c AD 125-170

1.3

1.7kg

 P
Area L, Pit 20012, fill 20013 c AD 125-170

1.6

6.1kg

 P
Area D, Pit 9029, fills 9028, 9064 (4) c AD 140-170

1.1

19.0kg

 P
Area G, Pit 7122, fill 7123 (4) c AD 170-210

0.2

15.3kg

 P
Area K, Pit 4458, fills 4459, 4460, 4461 c AD 170-210

1.7

3.2kg

 P
Area Q, Pit 17038, fill 17037 c AD 170-210

3.2

6.6kg

 P
Area H, Well 6280, fill 16083 (5) c AD 180-210

15.5

4.9kg

 W
Area H, Pit 6182, fill 6178 (6) c AD 210-235

4.4

2.4kg

 P
Area H, Pit 16088, fill 16073 c AD 210-250

2.6

8.3kg

 P
Area K, Pit 4943, fill 4925 (7) c AD 210-260

1.5

11.3kg

 P

Key to Context Type abbreviations:

D, ditch fill contexts; P, pit/s; T, trench; W, well.

Notes:

  1. This small group includes only 2 sherds of samian.
  2. This small group includes only 1 sherd of samian.
  3. Includes several South Gaulish Samian Ware sherds, which may or may not be residual, given a start date of c. AD 125.
  4. 7119/7166 includes 6 sherds of Colchester Samian; 9028/9064 includes 5 sherds; 7123 includes 1 sherd.
  5. Pottery thought to largely represent a structured deposit.
  6. This group includes a range of fine wares in small proportions.
  7. Of 14 samian sherds, 13 are Central Gaulish.