Aspects of Kentish Local History

Finds from the excavation of Eccles Roman Villa, Kent
First-century pottery manufacture at Eccles, Kent  by Alec Detsicas
   Roman Pottery Studies in Britain and Beyond. Papers presented to John Gillam, BAR30 Oxford, 19-36

Pictures of number 104 sherd illustrated in the article above


104. A mortarium in fine-textured, slightly yellowish fabric, heavily tempered with white (chalk?),
    red-brown and grey grit. The spout is unusually large and elaborate for a wall-sided mortarium.

The mortaria reported on in this article were not located in the store. The sherd below is from the excavations on the villa




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