The pottery assemblage comprised four sherds with a total weight of 51g. They are all medieval or later, and all occurred in a single context:

Midland Purple Ware, mid 14th – mid 17th century. 1 sherd, 13g.
Midland Yellow Ware, 16th – 18th century. 1 sherd, 8g.
Nottingham Coarse Sandy Ware, 13th – 15th century. 1 sherd, 27g.

A small assemblage consisting of 19 objects was recovered during archaeological mitigation works at St. Mary’s Church, Car Colston, Nottinghamshire. Of the 19 items forming the assemblage, a total of two were recorded as small finds.

A single copper alloy small find was contained within the finds assemblage. This is a Nuremburg Rose and Orb Jetton in extraordinarily good condition. It is attributable to Wolf Lauffer II, Master from 1612 to his death in 1651. Obverse legend reads: WOLF LAUFER IN NVRNBERG. Reverse legend reads: GOTTES SEGEN MACHT REICH (God’s blessing brings riches). Five exact parallels are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (SWYOR-AAF787, YORYM-598473, SWYOR-7EC6E3, YORYM-925021, HAMP-6D3DE2).

A single, spherical, opaque white glass bead was contained within the finds assemblage. It has a uniformly drilled aperture through its exact centre. This is a machinemade modern item.

Six fragments of window glass, all recovered from one context, were contained within the finds assemblage. Of the six pieces, two were contiguous. The two contiguous pieces form a single sherd of painted glass with purple/red oxide paint on a thick, green coloured, deteriorated surface. Both fragments have an exposed pale green core. One edge of the contiguous pieces has clearly been shaped by grozing irons. Under transmitted light conditions the painted pattern is more clearly visible and appears to form ‘vegetal scenery’. The pattern is similar to mid-fourteenth to early fifteenth century examples from Skenfrith Castle (Smith in Evans et al, 2007), Sempringham Priory in Lincolnshire and St. Andrew’s Priory in York (Graves, 2000).

A single sherd of unpainted opaque green glass has been grozed into the characteristic diamond shape (though broken). Two further sherds, very clear light green and opaque dark green/grey, show at least one grozed edge. The remaining sixth fragment, the thinnest, is a translucent light green though bears no paint or grozing marks.

The five fragments of glass bearing grozing marks are likely to pre-date the introduction of the diamond cutter in the 15th century. As St. Mary’s church at Car Colston was founded in the thirteenth century, the glass is deemed unlikely to predate the church itself. Thus, a C13-C15 date is applied to the non-decorated sherds. The sixth fragment is likely similar in date though, with no distinguishing features, a wider Medieval to Post-medieval date is applied.

Four fragments of non-contiguous, undecorated, clay tobacco pipe stem were contained within the finds assemblage, from one context. These are largely undiagnostic and can only be dated to a wide C17-C19 date range.

Three lead items, recovered from one context, were contained within the finds assemblage. Each is amorphous and likely represents casting waste or otherwise pooled molten lead. As each is undiagnostic, no date can be applied.

Four iron items, recovered from one context, were contained within the finds assemblage. These consisted of three nails and a single key beard with partial shaft. The nails vary in size though all appear hand forged. The largest is a possible door stud though corrosion has masked the head of the nail. A late Medieval to Post-medieval (C15-19) date is applied. The iron key is of Post-medieval date (C17-19) with several comparable examples recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (IOW-87495C, WAW-D142A6, DENO-EF8C9F).

Two undeterminable animal bones were also contained within the assemlage. Age or sex could not be determined for either bone. The bone fragments could not be measured due to size and lack of diagnostic areas. Evidence of gnawing, butchery or burning was not seen on the bone fragments. Neither of the 2 fragments of bone could be identified down to a species due to fragmentation. One was determined as a bird species and one as a large mammal species (probably a rib fragment but unidentifiable as the rib head).
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Of the all the finds, only the window glass is deemed significant and having potential for further analysis. It is perhaps possible enough exists of the pattern shown on the two contiguous pieces that an exact parallel could be found although the glass is very fragile and is starting to both chip and delaminate in its current storage conditions

E. Vecchi, 2024, St Mary's Church, Car Colston, Nottinghamshire: Scheme of Archaeological Monitoring and Recording (Unpublished document). SNT6070.