Monument record 0152301002 - WAPSEY'S WOOD

Summary

Two early Roman pottery kilns, initially thought to be pot-drying ovens, found in excavation in Wapsey's Wood

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) OVEN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POTTERY KILN (2nd Century - 100 AD to 199 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0040 cm
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
CIRCULAR FEATURE WITH VERTICAL WALLS CONSTRUCTED IN RECESS DUG IN THE GRAVEL.THIN LINING OF BURNT CLAY, & INTERNAL CLAY FURNITURE. INTERPRETED BY EXCAVATORS AS OVEN FOR DRYING POTS BEFORE FIRING, AS NOT VERY BURNT, BUT ON REASSESSMENT SWANN SAYS SIMPLE, SHORT LIFE KILN. FRAG OF 2ND KILN (BI1,3-5,8)

Sources (17)

  • <1>SBC10033 Bibliographic reference: OAKLEY K P ET AL. 1936 EXCAVATION OF A ROMANO-BRIT ISH POTTERY KILN SITE NEAR HEDGERLEY, IN RECSOFBU.
  • <2>SBC13806 Article in serial: E Clive Rouse. 1934. INTERIM 'NOTES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP60-61,P143. Vol 13.
  • <3>SBC10031 Article in serial: OAKLEY K P 1935 INTERIM REPORT,IN RECSOFBUCKS13PP191-194"".
  • <4>SBC6873 Article in serial: JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES 26 1936 P259 (NOTE ON EXC AVATION).
  • <5>SBC11161 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 NE 01 (FILED).
  • <6>SBC969 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1953, 1954, 1967, 1981 & 1 983.
  • <7>SBC3508 Bibliographic reference: DEVEREUX D 1982 HEDGERLEY & FULMER POTTERY ANALYSE S (UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT FILED).
  • <8>SBC14990 Bibliographic reference: SWANN V G 1984 THE POTTERY KILNS OF ROMAN BRITAIN PP113-114.
  • <9>SBC13250 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 17 1963 P204/ JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDI ES 55 1965 P211.
  • <10>SBC4906 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E 1974 (& SEE CORRESPONDENCE FILE).
  • <11>SBC399 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. PLAN & SUMMARY OF WORK ON KILNS (FILED).
  • <12>SBC2638 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN S & P 1980 (DRAWINGS & POTTERY REPORT FILE D).
  • <13>SBC11648 Bibliographic reference: PEARSON T 1982 TYPESCRIPT NOTES ON 1963 EXCAVATION (FILED).
  • <14>SBC6847 Bibliographic reference: JONES MRS M V 1980 REPORT & CORRESPONDENCE (FILED) .REPORT BEING PREPARED BY M E FARLEY (SITE ARCHIV.
  • <15>SBC16334 Bibliographic reference: VINCENT MRS D, DEC 1981.
  • <16>SBC6153 Bibliographic reference: HARTLEY K F 1982 A STAMPED MORTARIUM FROM HEDGERLE Y, BUCKS (UNPUBLISHED REPORT & DRAWINGS, FILED).
  • <17>SBC16980 Bibliographic reference: WOODFIELD MRS C, & PIKE A R 1990.

Location

Grid reference SU 97260 88280 (point)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12273)

Record last edited

Sep 3 1990 12:00AM

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