Monument record 112/0/5 - Possible Workshop, Potters Lyveden (Site B)

Excavation of Area B identified the footings of a building. The footings were lined with reused kiln bricks. A large quantity of clean yellow clay stockpiled outside the back door suggests that it was a potters workshop.

{1}Small area 20ft x 15ft excavated (Site B); rubble similar to Site A revealed at depth of 1ft; line of coarse shell-filled & slightly tapering bricks appeared to enclose area spread with layer of yellow clay; test hole in north-west corner revealed finds of bronze spur & buckle at depth of 1ft 2in in rubble; much charcoal revealed in section along with shattered & burned limestone lumps coloured red & blue with calcining; iron stirrup found at depth of only 4in & well abovestone rubble; further excavation established that line of bricks were part of footings of walls of rectangular building orientated north-west to south-east & measuring 14ft x 12ft; footings were lined with re-used kiln bricks on internal side & were 2ft wide; assumed that footings bore insubstantial walls of clay & mud & that building was thatched because of lack of roof nails; coin of Richard II found embedded in yellow clay floor; southern end of structure very disturbed; heap of clean yellow clay to west of building probably indicates its use as potters workshop; plan; pottery report included; tapered bricks identified by J.G.Hurst as kiln bars;

Description from record 112/0/6:
{1}Earlier building phase found beneath thatched structure; represented by limestone rubble & broken tapering bricks; aligned north-east to south-west; pottery did not vary much from that in overlying building; plan; pottery report included; tapered bricks identified by J.G.Hurst as kiln bars;

Description from record 112/0/7:
{1}To south of area was band of clay with rubble & broken kiln bricks & pottery sherds thickly scattered; large number of sherds could be re-assembled as Brill-type jug; also smooth orange ware with light green glaze over brown bands & antler of roe deer found; Plan; pottery report included;tapered bricks identified by J.G.Hurst as kiln bars;

STEANE J.M., 1967, EXCAVATIONS AT LYVEDEN: 1965-1967, 9-10 (Interim Report). SNN48569.

<1> STEANE J.M., 1967, Excavations at Lyveden, 1965-1967, p.10 (unchecked) (Interim Report). SNN107291.

<1> STEANE J.M., 1967, EXCAVATIONS AT LYVEDEN: 1965-1967, 10 (Interim Report). SNN48569.

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