Monument record 1223/2/10 - Site of several medieval pottery kilns, The Old Coach Station

Archaeological watching brief was carried out during the development of The Old Coach Station. A medieval kiln was fully excavated, but many other features, including at least one other kiln were destroyed by the development without investigation.

{1}A watching brief was carried out by the Woodfields in the area of the Coach Station. It was originally thought (not by the Woodfields) that there would be very little there. This however was not the case as it was reported that there were 'kilns everywhere'. They dug one kiln as it was within a house where the building inspector was demanding radon traps which would have destroyed the kiln. It is thought that the other kilns were probably destroyed in the process of building works.

{2} At the site known as The Old Coach Yard, two definite kilns were identified. The first was fully excavated. The products of this kiln were, stylistically, of the medieval period. A further kiln, as well as a number of other features and a well associated with the pottery industry, was identified later on during the development, but a lack of an archaeological brief for the development meant that it could not be further investigated.

<1> Woodfield C., 1999, Correspondence re Potterspury, The Old Coach Yard, 1999, (unchecked) (Letter). SNN43430.

<2> Woodfield, P, 2002, Archaeological evaluation: Plot 3, Woods Lane, Potterspury, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN112064.

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