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- Title
Excavations on Roman pottery kiln sites in Cantley Parish, South Yorkshire, 1956-1975.
- Authors
Buckland, Paul C.; Magilton, John R.; Dolby, Malcolm J.
- Abstract
The South Yorkshire Roman pottery industry is concentrated largely in the parish of Cantley, immediately south-east of Doncaster, the site of the fort and associated settlement of Danvm. Over seventy kilns, lying either side of the Lincoln to York via Castleford road, have been located, of which 55 have been excavated. This report deals with the remaining unpublished material, that from Cantley Kilns 30-32, 35-36 and 40-44. The earliest excavated kilns belong to the mid-second century and production continued at least until the mid-fourth century. Material from Doncaster and other sites, however, suggests that earlier local late first and early second century production centres remain to be identified. Kiln types range from surface-built with removable furniture, to more substantial deeply excavated types with surviving internal structures, including radial firebars over single and double pedestals, to more massive permanent floors over up to four pedestals. The products include mortaria, beakers, cooking pots/jars and bowls. White slip is employed on mortaria and red and white paint occurs on a few other vessels. Most of the material is in a hard gritty fabric produced in both light grey and red oxidised forms with varying degrees of burnishing. The mortaria have Mancetter/Hartshill affinities which appear evident even after the demise of stamping by SARRIVS and others, and the cooking pots and bowls, reflect the general trend of Black-burnished ware production, although the latest forms do not occur. Three types, lid-seated jars, wide-mouthed/shouldered bowls and large bowls/pancheons of truncated conical form, belong to different, perhaps Continental traditions. Whilst most of the material appears to have been marketed locally, a few vessels travelled further, particularly in the mid-second century, when Rossington Bridge, on the southern edge of the industry, was involved in supply to the Antonine Wall.
- Subjects
SOUTH Yorkshire (England); DONCASTER (England); POTTERY; KILNS; TOMBS; UNPUBLISHED materials; PARISHES; BURNISHING; ROMANS
- Publication
Journal of Roman Pottery Studies, 2022, Vol 19, p44
- ISSN
0958-3491
- Publication type
Article