Monument record 5130/2/1 - C2nd Romano-British Pottery Kiln & Associated Features

A Roman pottery kiln dating to the 2nd century AD was identified during excavation of the area in 2000. Associated features included a possible potter's workshop and stone-lined well.

{1} Phase 3 activity is represented by a single sunken kiln, an associated encircling enclosure, and a small area of pitting and two large boundary ditches. The kiln, comprising of a firing chamber, single flue and stoke pit, is similar in type and form to the type 111C kilns located elsewhere within the Nene Valley. The provisional ceramic evidence suggests that it produced harshly fired sandy wares and groggy white wares dated to the C2nd. The wares from the kiln possibly supplied the needs of the small town of Duston.

{2} In Area 2 Enclosures 12 and 13 were constructed to the north of the main boundary, and formed a continuation of activity recorded in the earlier excavations to the east. Here C2nd activity comprised a number of ill-defined sub-rectilinear enclosures associated with a kiln, a workshop and a stone-lined well.

<1> Maull A.; Masters P., 2001, Archaeological Investigations At Upton, Northampton South West District, p.15+figs.6+7 (checked) (Report). SNN101224.

<1> Maull A.; Masters P., 2001, Archaeological Investigations At Upton, Northampton South West District, p.15+figs.6+7 (checked) (Report). SNN101224.

<2> Muldowney L., 2012, Archaeological Excavation at Sites F & G, Weedon Road, Upton, Northamptonshire: Assessment Report and Updated Project Design, p.24 (checked) (Report). SNN109851.

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