Monument record 0247800000 - BRILL (ALLOTMENTS)

Summary

Possible site of fourteenth and fifteenth century pottery kiln suggested by finds of wasters.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • POTTERY KILN? (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

POSSIBLE KILN SITE INDICATED BY SCATTER OF POTTERY OVER ALLOTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED 3 WASTERS & 2 SHERDS WITH GLAZE OVER FRACTURE/S. FINDS WERE MOSTLY JUG SHERDS, & SOME JAR FRAGMENTS. MOSTLY DATED TO C14TH-15TH, THOUGH POSSIBLY SOME C13TH JUGS PRESENT (B1,B3).
A rim and body sherd of a Brill slipped bowl were found in the allotments along with some post-medieval pottery, clay pipes and other finds (B4).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC9502 Verbal communication: MRS J STRONG & FARLEY M E (BCM) JULY 1976 PERS COMM.
  • <2>SBC10648 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD (NOT RETAINED).
  • <3>SBC9503 Verbal communication: MRS J STRONG & FARLEY M E (BCM) OCT 1978 PERS COMM.
  • <4>SBC22849 Verbal communication: Barbara Hurman. 2004. Brill archaeology roadshow identification sheets - Brill allotments. 1st sheet.
  • <5>SBC22850 Verbal communication: Michael Farley. 2004. Blade core from Brill allotments identified at archaeology roadshow.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6551 1370 (123m by 157m)
Civil Parish BRILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC11429)
  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC14484)

Record last edited

Nov 27 2015 9:02AM

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