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Class : Coarse wares
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Source : Britain
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Distribution in Britain
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Illustration
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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.190-191 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : DERBY
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National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (Tomber & Dore 1998)
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Cross-reference from this group to fabric descriptions published in
The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (1998):
- DER CO
- Derbyshire Coarse ware p.125
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). |
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The Pottery kilns of Roman Britain (Swan 1984)
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This fabric was produced at kiln sites at these locations:
- Ashleyhay / Derby
- Hazelwood / Derby
- Holbrook / Derby
- Milford / Derby
- Shottle And Postern / Derby
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). |
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Moulded-rim jars in hard grey wares produced in Derbyshire and
distributed across central and northern Britain during the 2nd and 3rd
centuries AD. |
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Fabric and technology
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Extremely hard, gritty fabric with pimply surface ('like goose-flesh
petrified'); varies from buff, through brick-red to dark blue-grey
or purple; abundant sand tempering. Surfaces generally unsmoothed,
with prominent whorl-marks on base. Wheel-thrown.
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Forms
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Typical form is jar with deep 'bell-mouthed' rim (Kay 1962, type
A) or rolled rim (Kay type B). Earlier specimens tend to have
more lightly moulded rims, but this develops to deeply dished
form by mid-3rd cent., Gillam 152. Bowls and dishes also
known in same ware.
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Chronology
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Production commences by mid-2nd cent., but 'pre-Derbyshire' prototypes
at Derby Racecourse kilns from early 2nd cent. Largely 3rd cent.
in the north.
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Source
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Several kilns sites in the Holbrook/Hazelwood region, with distinctive
tall kiln structures (Swan 1984, 124-6), perhaps for high firing
temperatures.
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Distribution
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Abundant on sites in Derbyshire (up to 40% by sherd count at Little
Chester), with a scatter in northern frontier zone, including
Carpow, and occasional specimens from Wales (Webster 1970). Bowls
and dishes have more local distribution.
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Aliases
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JRPS bibliography fabric drb. Towcester fabric .
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Bibliography
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Description and sources: Gillam 1939; Kay 1962; Jones and Webster
1969; for kilns: RCHM gazetteer F246, F252-5
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References
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Gillam 1939.
Gillam, J. P., 'Roman-British Derbyshire ware', AntJ, 19,
(1939), pp. 429-37.
Jones and Webster 1969.
Jones, G. D. B. and Webster, P. V., 'Derbyshire ware - a reappraisal',
DerbyAJ, 89, (1969), pp. 19-24.
Kay 1962.
Kay, S. O., 'The Romano-British pottery kilns at Hazelwood and
Holbrook, Derbyshire', DerbyAJ, 82, (1962), pp.
21-42.
Swan 1984.
Swan, V. G. in The pottery kilns of Roman Britain, RCHM
Supplementary Series, 5, RCHM, (1984).
Webster 1970.
Webster, P. V., 'A sherd of Derbyshire Ware from South Wales',
DerbyAJ, 90, (1970), p. 31.
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