Excavations at Fishergate unearthed traces of Anglian buildings and some of their internal fittings, including nails, keys, handles and wooden chest hinges. A range of domestic utensils, including iron knives, were recovered along with a few fine glass vessels, metal implements and, most commonly, pottery. Environmental evidence suggests that rushes were used either for roofing or strewn on the floor, perhaps both. Finds of counters of stone, bone and pot suggest that the inhabitants of Eoforwic were as fond of board games as their Roman predecessors or their Viking successors.

Anglian pottery from various sites in the city

A rim fragment from a shell-tempered cooking pot with probable suspension holes