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Rossington Bridge Black-burnished ware
Class : Coarse wares
Source : Britain
Distribution in Britain
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Distribution summary
Illustration
Roman Pottery in Britain
(Tyers 1996)
This ware is discussed on p.186 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : RBBB1
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):
ROS BB 1
Rossington Bridge Black-burnished ware 1 p.202

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

Summary
Jars and dishes in a hard grey sandy fabric produced at Rossington Bridge (nr Doncaster, Yorkshire/GB) with limited distribution in northern Britain during the 2nd century AD.
Fabric and technology
A hard sandy ware; dark grey (rather than black) with a slight lustre; less sand temper and burnished decoration has thinner lines than Dorset BB1. Hand-formed.
Forms
Everted-rim jars and pie-dishes.
Chronology
Antonine.
Source
Rossington Bridge (Yorkshire). Manufactured alongside the mortarium workshops of Sarrius, probably by migrants (willing or otherwise) from Dorset BB1 industry.
Distribution
Full extent unclear due to difficulties of recognition, but occurs on Antonine Wall and Scottish forts, and Corbridge.
Aliases

Bibliography
For kilns: RCHM gazetteer F703-4; Buckland et al. 1980; Buckland 1986, 42-9; for petrology and fabric: Williams 1977, group II; for distribution: Williams in MacIvor et al. 1981, 257.
References
Buckland 1986.
Buckland, P. C., Roman South Yorkshire: a source book, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, (1986).
Buckland et al. 1980.
Buckland, P. C., Magilton, J. R. and Dolby, M. J., 'The Roman Pottery Industries of South Yorkshire. A Review', Britannia, 11, (1980), pp. 145-64.
MacIvor et al. 1981.
MacIvor, I., Thomas, M. C. and Breeze, D. J., 'Excavations on the Antonine Wall fort of Rough Castle, Stirlingshire, 1957-61', PSAS, 110, (1981), pp. 230-85.
Williams 1977.
Williams, D. F., 'The Romano-British black-burnished industry: an essay on characterization by heavy-mineral analysis' in Pottery and early commerce. Characterization and trade in Roman and later ceramics, ed. D. P. S. Peacock, Academic Press, London, (1977), pp. 163-220.

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