St. Nicholas Square, medieval pottery, stone ball

Pottery fragments with a dull green glaze, characteristic of medieval period c.1500, a leather sole and a stone ball (6 inches in diameter) were found during excavations of a trench on the north side of the Queen Victoria statue, 4 feet below the roadway surface. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by the Post Office Engineering Department (per Mr H. Kitchen) in October 1925.