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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.195-196 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : SAVG
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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):
- SAV GT
- Savernake Grog-tempered ware p.191
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:
- Great Bedwyn / Wilts
- Lydiard Tregose / Wilts
- Milton Lilbourne / Wilts
- Pewsey / Wilts
- Savernake / Wilts
- Wilcot / Wilts
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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Jars, bowls and dishes in a coarse grey ware produced at several sites
in Wiltshire (GB) during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. |
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Fabric and technology
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A range of hard, fine-textured fabrics, often with lumpy finish;
pale grey, off-white or buff core and surfaces; very little visible
sand, but abundant dark blue-grey, or pale grey, grog (up to 4mm)
and red-brown iron ores, and occasional brown or white flint.
Wheel-thrown. Surfaces often burnished or smoothed.
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Forms
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Principally necked jars, with characteristic grooves and cordons
on shoulder and body, bead-rim jars, storage jars; other minor
forms including beakers, bowls and plates. Black-burnished derived
jars and bowls from mid-2nd cent.
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Chronology
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Commences in Claudian period, and continues into early/mid-2nd
cent. AD. Kilns at Lydiard Tregose may be continuation of same
tradition (into 3rd/4th cent. ?)
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Source
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Several sources across north Wiltshire, including Savernake Forest
(near Mildenhall), Pewsey and Oare.
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Distribution
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Wiltshire, extending into bordering counties. Large storage jars
and bead-rim jars seem to have widest spread. Hodder suggests
distribution through market/service area attached to Mildenhall
(Hodder 1974, 75-8).
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Aliases
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Cirencester fabric 6. Gloucester fabric TF6. JRPS
bibliography fabric svr.
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Bibliography
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Distribution in Hodder 1974; origins in Swan 1975; Greene 1974,
65-6. For kilns: RCHM gazetteer F659-71
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References
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Greene 1974.
Greene, K. T., 'A group of Roman pottery from Wanborough, Wiltshire',
WiltsAM, 69, (1974), pp. 51-66.
Hodder 1974.
Hodder, I., 'The distribution of Savernake Ware', WiltsAM,
69, (1974), pp. 67-84.
Swan 1975.
Swan, V. G., 'Oare Reconsidered and the Origins of Savernake Ware
in Wiltshire', Britannia, 6, (1975), pp. 36-61.
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