Potter's Pit Close

Description of this historic site

Potter's Pit Close, the possible site of a clay pit which was in use during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. They site is suggested by documentary evidence and is thought to have been located 500m north of Alcester Lodge.

Notes about this historic site

1 Possible site of potter’s clay pit suggested by field name Potter’s Pit Close recorded in 1838-9. In 1746 however this was Heath Field.
2 This may be the potters pytte recorded in Coughton in 1544.

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