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The Pothouse, Luneside East, Lancaster: Kiln Furniture Assessment |
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North Pennines Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
In October 2007, North Pennines Archaeology Ltd carried out an archaeological excavation out on the site of The Pothouse, on St George's Quay, Lancaster. An area equating to the building foundations of the pottery was excavated by machine under archaeological supervision , and was then subject to manual excavation. The excavation uncovered sandstone walls and cobbled floors relating to the 18th century pottery, and also succeeded in uncovering the kiln and shardruck, the waste tip. The kiln was a 'continental style' kiln, typical of the production of delftware. The shardruck was found to be approximately 1m deep, and tip-lines for the successive dumps of sagger, biscuitware and delftware were visible within the excavated sections. A methodology for removing the pottery was established, and approximately 30 tonnes of pottery waste was removed in bulk. Control samples were taken from most identified layers, and as much delftware as possible was collected over the extension period. English Heritage has now stepped in with emergency PPG16-assistance funding, to allow the processing and storage of the pottery. The current works concentrate on the classification and assessment of the kiln furniture from the hand-collected material in order to inform future policy regarding work on the unprocessed material. This assessment examined the results of this classification, and assesses the potential for future analysis of each category of data with regard to the project's research aims. The process has been designed to correspond to the objectives laid out in the guidance document Management of Archaeological Projects 2nd edition (English Heritage 1991b) and in Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment (English Heritage 1st Edition 2006b). An updated research design is presented, and an appropriate programme of analysis outlined. It is recommended that, after analysis, the assessment of the kiln furniture be published as an academic article. |
Author: |
Matthew Town
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Publisher: |
North Pennines Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Lancashire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Luneside East, Lancaster |
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LANCASTER |
District: |
Lancaster |
County: |
Lancashire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 346890, 462270 (Easting, Northing)
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northpen3-56105 |
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CP620/09 |
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80 page bound report with plates, three figures
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |