Abbey Site - Day 3...

[CRUSADER]

Nice weather today but the recently melted snow & rain had made it a very sticky start to the day. The sun & light breeze improved the after lunch experience. (less sticky)
5 hour & 15 min hunt today;
Pretty slow for us, so I thought I would picture & discuss the Roman Kiln Bars. Picture 1 are small pieces of what would have been very large Kiln Bars. These are excellent evidence of a Roman Pottery industry & for that reason we GPS them all & it has shown a concentration. If we every did further investigation with Geophysics this would be a good starting point. This is the only Roman Pottery Kiln place we have found from our 50 Roman Sites. As far as I'm aware this is undocumented.

8 Scrappies
17/18th C Spur bit
13th C Buckle
Roman Nail Cleaner (made me think of them getting the clay out from under their nails)
Another important tiny Lead Token (Associated with the Abbey)
Close to the end I got the best find of the day - Tasciovanus Bronze Unit 25BC-9AD, see better example;

Catuvellauni 'Tasciovanus Jugate' Bronze Unit A0195

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[Westfront]

The Horse is still to see! Not that bad with almost all of them coming as blanks.
Most finds are roman related, seems a bit weird beeing an abbey site. Most of them here were also trading points with lots of traffic around.
I have to read more about the kiln bars. I don't know similar here. Do you have a link for me? Were they used in reusable ovens?

 

[JeffInMass]

Slow? Hmm, I need more of those slow hunts! Great finds once again!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice weather today but the recently melted snow & rain had made it a very sticky start to the day. The sun & light breeze improved the after lunch experience. (less sticky)
5 hour & 15 min hunt today;
Pretty slow for us, so I thought I would picture & discuss the Roman Kiln Bars. Picture 1 are small pieces of what would have been very large Kiln Bars. These are excellent evidence of a Roman Pottery industry & for that reason we GPS them all & it has shown a concentration. If we every did further investigation with Geophysics this would be a good starting point. This is the only Roman Pottery Kiln place we have found from our 50 Roman Sites. As far as I'm aware this is undocumented.

8 Scrappies
17/18th C Spur bit
13th C Buckle
Roman Nail Cleaner (made me think of them getting the clay out from under their nails)
Another important tiny Lead Token (Associated with the Abbey)
Close to the end I got the best find of the day - Tasciovanus Bronze Unit 25BC-9AD, see better example;

Catuvellauni 'Tasciovanus Jugate' Bronze Unit A0195

Catuvellauni 'Tasciovanus Jugate' Bronze Unit A0195 for sale from Hammered British Coins Ltd

www.hammeredbritishcoins.com

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Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

The Horse is still to see! Not that bad with almost all of them coming as blanks.
Most finds are roman related, seems a bit weird beeing an abbey site. Most of them here were also trading points with lots of traffic around.
I have to read more about the kiln bars. I don't know similar here. Do you have a link for me? Were they used in reusable ovens?

It's actually described as a Ram not a horse, but its not very Ram like to me either....

It was one of the poorest Abbey's in the Country, Henry VIII didn't rush to this one to take its money. It over saw 2 Granges (Farms), which was probably it's main income. It was in debt for many years.
It was visited as it was off a main route, but I don't get the impression it had a market.

Kiln Bars seem to be structural as well as spacing the pots out to get heat all around them. See diagram where they spider web out from the centre;

December 2010 – Burnt Earth Blog

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Yes, I would say that if they didn't break they were re-useable for the next kiln they built.

More info;

Building a Roman Kiln — Butser Ancient Farm

Over the Easter holidays we welcomed staff and students from UCL and Archaeology South East to Butser for a mini ‘archaeotech’ - a chance for the students to get hands on with some experimental archaeology. In the process they built a wonderful Roman kiln at the farm. Below Bill Sillar, Professor

www.butserancientfarm.co.uk

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice weather today but the recently melted snow & rain had made it a very sticky start to the day. The sun & light breeze improved the after lunch experience. (less sticky)
5 hour & 15 min hunt today;
Pretty slow for us, so I thought I would picture & discuss the Roman Kiln Bars. Picture 1 are small pieces of what would have been very large Kiln Bars. These are excellent evidence of a Roman Pottery industry & for that reason we GPS them all & it has shown a concentration. If we every did further investigation with Geophysics this would be a good starting point. This is the only Roman Pottery Kiln place we have found from our 50 Roman Sites. As far as I'm aware this is undocumented.

8 Scrappies
17/18th C Spur bit
13th C Buckle
Roman Nail Cleaner (made me think of them getting the clay out from under their nails)
Another important tiny Lead Token (Associated with the Abbey)
Close to the end I got the best find of the day - Tasciovanus Bronze Unit 25BC-9AD, see better example;

Catuvellauni 'Tasciovanus Jugate' Bronze Unit A0195

Catuvellauni 'Tasciovanus Jugate' Bronze Unit A0195 for sale from Hammered British Coins Ltd

www.hammeredbritishcoins.com

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Good stuff! I like the old spur arm too

 

[river roamer]

Very nice finds Congrats

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice haul !

 

[Westfront]

It's actually described as a Ram not a horse, but its not very Ram like to me either....

It was one of the poorest Abbey's in the Country, Henry VIII didn't rush to this one to take its money. It over saw 2 Granges (Farms), which was probably it's main income. It was in debt for many years.
It was visited as it was off a main route, but I don't get the impression it had a market.

Kiln Bars seem to be structural as well as spacing the pots out to get heat all around them. See diagram where they spider web out from the centre;

December 2010 – Burnt Earth Blog

3 posts published by BurntEarthBlog during December 2010

burntearthblog.wordpress.com

Yes, I would say that if they didn't break they were re-useable for the next kiln they built.

More info;

Building a Roman Kiln — Butser Ancient Farm

Over the Easter holidays we welcomed staff and students from UCL and Archaeology South East to Butser for a mini ‘archaeotech’ - a chance for the students to get hands on with some experimental archaeology. In the process they built a wonderful Roman kiln at the farm. Below Bill Sillar, Professor

www.butserancientfarm.co.uk

Now it makes sense. Thanks! The pottery kiln i know of had a clay "floor" with holes to distribute the heat.

 

[cannonball]

Nice weather today but the recently melted snow & rain had made it a very sticky start to the day. The sun & light breeze improved the after lunch experience. (less sticky)
5 hour & 15 min hunt today;
Pretty slow for us, so I thought I would picture & discuss the Roman Kiln Bars. Picture 1 are small pieces of what would have been very large Kiln Bars. These are excellent evidence of a Roman Pottery industry & for that reason we GPS them all & it has shown a concentration. If we every did further investigation with Geophysics this would be a good starting point. This is the only Roman Pottery Kiln place we have found from our 50 Roman Sites. As far as I'm aware this is undocumented.

8 Scrappies
17/18th C Spur bit
13th C Buckle
Roman Nail Cleaner (made me think of them getting the clay out from under their nails)
Another important tiny Lead Token (Associated with the Abbey)
Close to the end I got the best find of the day - Tasciovanus Bronze Unit 25BC-9AD, see better example;

Catuvellauni 'Tasciovanus Jugate' Bronze Unit A0195

Catuvellauni 'Tasciovanus Jugate' Bronze Unit A0195 for sale from Hammered British Coins Ltd

www.hammeredbritishcoins.com

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What history!! Nice job