Monument record 0152301002 - WAPSEY'S WOOD

Summary

Two early Roman pottery kilns, initially thought to be pot-drying ovens, found in excavation in Wapsey's Wood

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) OVEN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POTTERY KILN (2nd Century - 100 AD to 199 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 40cm.
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
CIRCULAR FEATURE WITH VERTICAL WALLS CONSTRUCTED IN RECESS DUG IN THE GRAVEL. THIN LINING OF BURNT CLAY, & INTERNAL CLAY KILN FURNITURE. INTERPRETED BY EXCAVATORS AS OVEN FOR DRYING POTS BEFORE FIRING, AS NOT VERY BURNT, BUT ON REASSESSMENT SWANN SAYS SIMPLE, SHORT LIFE KILN. FRAG OF 2ND KILN (B1,B3-5,B8).

Sources (17)

  • <1>SBC10033 Article in serial: Kenneth P Oakley, C E Vulliamy, E Clive Rouse & F Cottrill. 1937. 'THE EXCAVATION OF A ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY KILN SITE NEAR HEDGERLEY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP252-280. Vol 13, part 4.
  • <2>SBC13806 Article in serial: E Clive Rouse. 1934. INTERIM 'NOTES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP60-61, P143. Vol 13.
  • <3>SBC10031 Article in serial: Kenneth P Oakley. 1935. 'INTERIM REPORT ON EXCAVATIONS AT HEDGERLEY, 1935', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP191-194. Vol 13.
  • <4>SBC6873 Article in serial: 1936. NOTE ON EXCAVATION, IN JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES 26 P259. Vol 26.
  • <5>SBC11161 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 98 NE 01 (FILED).
  • <6>SBC969 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1953, 1954, 1967, 1981 & 1983.
  • <7>SBC3508 Unpublished document: D Devereux. 1982. HEDGERLEY & FULMER POTTERY ANALYSES (UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT, FILED).
  • <8>SBC14990 Bibliographic reference: Vivien Swann. 1984. THE POTTERY KILNS OF ROMAN BRITAIN PP113-114.
  • <9>SBC13250 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 17 1963 P204/ JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES 55 1965 P211.
  • <10>SBC4906 Unpublished document: Mike Farley (BCM). 1974. SEE CORRESPONDENCE FILE.
  • <11>SBC399 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. PLAN & SUMMARY OF WORK ON KILNS (FILED).
  • <12>SBC2638 Unpublished document: Stan and Pauline Cauvain. 1980. DRAWINGS & POTTERY REPORT (FILED).
  • <13>SBC11648 Unpublished document: PEARSON T. 1982. TYPESCRIPT NOTES ON 1963 EXCAVATION (FILED).
  • <14>SBC6847 Unpublished document: Margaret Jones. 1980. REPORT & CORRESPONDENCE (FILED). REPORT BEING PREPARED BY M E FARLEY (SITE ARCHIVE FILED).
  • <15>SBC16334 Verbal communication: 1981. VINCENT MRS D, PERS COMM, DEC 1981.
  • <16>SBC6153 Unpublished document: Kay F Hartley. 1982. 'A STAMPED MORTARIUM FROM HEDGERLEY, BUCKS' (UNPUBLISHED REPORT & DRAWINGS, FILED).
  • <17>SBC16980 Verbal communication: Charmian Woodfield. 1990. WOODFIELD MRS C, & PIKE A R (BCM) PERS COMM.

Location

Grid reference SU 97260 88280 (point)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC12273)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 9:53AM

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