POTSHERD : Atlas of Roman Pottery
Alice Holt/Farnham grey wares
Class : Coarse wares
Source : Britain
Distribution in Britain
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Distribution summary
Illustration
National Roman Fabric Reference Collection
(Tomber & Dore 1998)
Cross-reference from this group to fabric descriptions published in The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (1998):
ALH RE
Alice Holt Reduced ware p.138

Illustrations of these fabrics are available only in the printed catalogue: R. Tomber & J. Dore, The national Roman fabric reference collection. A handbook Museum of London Archaeology Service, London. MOLAS monograph 2. (1998).

The Pottery kilns of Roman Britain
(Swan 1984)
This fabric was produced at kiln sites at these locations:
  • Binsted / Hants
  • Headley / Hants
  • Kingsley / Hants
Display more details of these sites.

Data summarized from V. G. Swan The pottery kilns of Roman Britain (HMSO, London, 1984, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Supplementary Series 5).

Summary
Grey sandy coarse wares produced at several sites in the area of Alice Holt Forest (Hants/GB) and Farnham (Surrey/GB), from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD, and widely distributed across southern England.
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