Roman pottery kiln (Kiln 23), Sheepen Area L. This kiln was found on the east side of region 4 in the excavations of 1938. It was rectangular in plan and poorly preserved, being nowhere more than 9' high. The walls were of clay, 8' thick, where preserved, for much of them had been destroyed. The flue-space measured 5ft 8in by 4ft 2' with a central support projecting from the back wall, 4ft 6' long by 14' wide. The stoke hole, which was imperfect, was only 15' wide at the mouth, splaying to 2ft wide inwards. The burnt clay floor was mostly missing. The interior was packed with remains of flagons and jugs embedded in fragments of burnt clay and ashes.<1><2> Thought to have been destroyed during Boudican revolt.<3>