London Archaeologist 1 (2)

TQ 282890. Five kilns have been discovered in Highgate Woods and a preliminary classification of their wares attempted. The first article gives an account of what little was previously known of Roman activity in the area and describes Kilns 1-3, which all had flue entrances to SW, and furnace walls and pedestals of baked clay. The second article gives an analysis of the five main vessel forms found in pottery from the least disturbed areas of the site (14% of the total of over two tons excavated). A plot of vessel diameters indicates the most popular sizes for each rim category. Decoration was mainly confined to the better of the two principal fabrics produced. The presumed date range (based on associated samian) is late 1st-early 2nd cent; presumably the kiln products went mainly to the City of London, and future work will examine this theory in detail.