Monument record 2790/4/1 - Late medieval/early post-medieval pottery kiln, The Paddock

A rescue excavation was carried out during construction of houses in 1973. Part of a pottery kiln in production during the late 15th-16th century was found.

{1} Feature identified during house reconstruction in 1973. A medieval pottery kiln with a straight flue channel 2m long, with evidence of firing from both ends. Quantities of probable C15th glazed pot sherds and wasters were found in association.

{2} The discovery of pottery sherds during the erection in 1973 of new houses. A rescue excavation of part of a late medieval/early post-medieval pottery was undertaken. The kiln was was of rectangular form with a free-standing central pedestal. It was constructed from limestone within a pit aligned north-west to south-east with the stoke hole to the south-east.

The type of vessels produced were bunghole pitchers, cooking pots, lids, bowls, chafing dishes, skillets or handled pans, costrels, tripod-footed vessels and narrow based jars suggesting a date in the late 15th-16th century.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.113 Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<1a> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Inf J A Hadman (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<2> MYNARD D.C., 1980, A Tudor Pottery Kiln at Wood Newton, Northants, p. 160-162 (Article). SNN64249.

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