"A large ditch containing medieval pottery in its fill was excavated close to the churchyard boundary. This ran at an angle to the boundary and converged with it at its western end. Uncovered in the NW area of the site was a substantial layer of calcined flint with an underlying layer of wood ash.

"The large amount of burnt flint would tend to indicate chalk burning to obtain lime but with no conclusive evidence as to whether this took place in a kiln, since demolished, or a clamp. Although in the western areas the layers contained rounded cobbles/pebbles, pieces of floor and roof tile etc these intrusions were not sufficient in themselves to indicate a kiln structure.

"It was in the fill of this final section to be excavated (trench14) that a small honestone perforated at one end for suspension by a leather thong from a belt or to be hung around the neck possibly, was found and has been identified as being made from schist, probably from Eidsborg, Norway. While the find was unstratified similar objects have been found at various sites in both Saxon and Medieval contexts with one body of opinion considering them all to be of Saxon origin. Its origin would indicate an earliest date for its import to be late 9th century."