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 83 sherd illustrated in the article above


vi. Cooking-pots and Bowls (Fig. 3.4) Only two vessels of this class have so far been at all restored from 
the mass of wasters. The bodies of these pots are generally thinner than many other forms and broken up in 
much smaller fragments. 83 and 84 are both badly over-fired to a brittle, dull red colour and their fabric is 
heavily tempered with sand; they both present elaborately formed rims.





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