Source/Archive record SCC119 - The Roman Potters Kilns of Colchester

Title The Roman Potters Kilns of Colchester
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1963

Abstract/Summary

Report detailing eight kilns found during the course of the 1933 Sheepen excavation and a further course of excavation on the site in 1959.

Description

Reports of the Research Committee of the Antiquaries of London, No XXI. Published in conjunction with the Corporation of the Borough of Colchester. Oxford, Printed at the University Press by Vivian Ridler for the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London and The Corporation of the Borough of Colchester, 1963

Location

Colchester Borough Council, Museums Service MRC library and record room

Referenced Monuments (45)

  • Fragments of human skull found in Kiln 26 (Element)
  • Post medieval windmill (site of), Butt Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 10) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 11) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 29), Waren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 30), Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 31), Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 7), Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 8) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery kiln (Kiln 9) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Pottery Kiln (Kiln12) Butt Road (Monument)
  • Roman building, Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman coin of Antoninus Pius, 43 Layer Road, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Roman coin of Tetricus, 18 Cowdray Avenue, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Roman cremation burial, Mill Place, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman foundation, Sheepen, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman kiln (No 25), Endsleigh School, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman Kiln (No 26), Endsleigh School, Lockhart Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman kiln (No 27), Endsleigh School, Lockhart Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman kiln (No 28), Endsleigh School, Lockhart Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman kiln enclosure, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman kiln waste, Serpentine Walk, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Roman kiln?, Mill Place, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman oven, Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman pottery kiln (Kiln 1), Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln 16), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln 17), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman Pottery Kiln (Kiln 18), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln 19), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman pottery kiln (Kiln 23), Sheepen Area L, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman pottery Kiln (Kiln 32), Endsleigh Court Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman pottery kiln (Kiln 33) Strowglers Ground, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman Pottery Kiln (Kiln No 20), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln No 21), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman pottery kiln (No 15), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman pottery kiln (No 3), Hospital Lane, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman pottery kiln (No 4), Hospital Lane, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman pottery, 105 Crouch Street (Find Spot)
  • Roman tile clamp, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman wall foundation, Sheepen, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman wall, Sheepen, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman wall, Sheepen, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman wall, Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Element)
  • Sheepen Dyke, Colchester (Monument)
  • Two cremation burials at Park Road, Lexden (Element Group)

Referenced Events (15)

  • Discovery of kilns on Warren Field, Colchester, 1955 (Ref: ECC44)
  • Discovery of Pottery Kiln 1, Colchester, 1819 (Ref: ECC703)
  • Excavation kilns 26,27,28, Endsleigh School, Colchester, 1955 (Ref: ECC43)
  • Excavation of five kilns at Warren Field, Colchester, 1877 (Ref: ECC625)
  • Excavation of Kiln 25 at Endsleigh School, Colchester, 1952 (Ref: ECC961)
  • Excavation of kilns 29, 30, 31, Warren Field, Colchester, 1959 (Ref: ECC489)
  • Excavations at Sheepen, Colchester, 1930 to 1939 (Ref: ECC328)
  • Kiln 12 at Butt Road, Colchester, 1890 (Ref: ECC636)
  • Kiln at Strowgler's ground, Colchester, 1959-60 (Ref: ECC2359)
  • Kiln waste near Cowdray Avenue, Colchester, 1908 (Ref: ECC2360)
  • Kilns near Hospital Lane, Colchester, 1855 (Ref: ECC2357)
  • Observations during work on Endsleigh Court Road, Colchester, 1959 (Ref: ECC2306)
  • Possible kilns at Mill Place, Colchester, 1843 (Ref: ECC2358)
  • Roman pottery found at Serpentine Walk, Colchester, 1934 (Ref: ECC1216)
  • Roman pottery, 105 Crouch Street, Colchester, 1934 (Ref: ECC2507)

Record last edited

Jul 16 2020 3:05PM

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