Find Spot record 4605/1/1 - Unstratified Roman finds associated with pottery kiln

The site of a probable Roman pottery kiln was discovered in 1966 during fieldwalking as a concentration of grass-tempered baked clay, kiln debris and potsherds. The site lies on the fringe of an Iron Age/Roman settlement enclosure. The kiln is located at the eaast end of the golf course, on sand over liassic clay, with a spring nearby.

{1}Fieldwalking; a scatter of Roman pot sherds and burnt clay with grass impressions; possible Roman pottery kiln; wrongly located in Church Brampton;

{3} Fieldwalking ahead of trial trenching identified a discrete area of kiln fragments associated with Roman pottery.

{4} (SP 731646). The site of a probable kiln situated east of the golf course on sand over liassic clay with a spring nearby. The kiln was discovered in 1966 through field waking as a concentration of grass tempered baked clay, kiln debris and pottery. The site lies on the fringe of an Iron Age/Romano-British settlement enclosure.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.17/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Roman), p.9 (unchecked) (Article). SNN58197.

<3> Windell D., 1989, Archaeological Evaluation at Chapel Brampton, Northants 1988-9 (Report). SNN1341.

<4> Swan, V G, 1984, The pottery kilns of Roman Britain, p. 518 (Book). SNN75255.

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