Booth, P. and Boyle, A. (1994). A Romano-British kiln site at Lower Farm, Nuneham Courtenay, and other sites on the Didcot to Oxford and Wootton to Abingdon water mains, Oxfordshire. Oxoniensia 58. Vol 58, pp. 87-217.
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A Romano-British kiln site at Lower Farm, Nuneham Courtenay, and other sites on the Didcot to Oxford and Wootton to Abingdon water mains, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oxoniensia 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oxoniensia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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87 - 217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Oxford Archaeological Unit undertook a watching brief and several excavations on the route of two pipelines during 1991. Three substantial sites were excavated: a Roman settlement at Hadden Hill, near Didcot; a prehistoric and Roman site at Fullamoor Farm, Clifton Hampden; and a Roman industrial site at Lower Farm, Nuneham Courtenay. Only the Fullamoor Farm site was known to have any archaeological potential. The Lower Farm site is of considerable regional and national significance because it represents the first major discovery of an Oxfordshire Roman pottery kiln site since the 1970s. The excavations, and the various smaller sites located during the watching brief, are described. The description and discussion of the Roman pottery from Lower Farm necessarily forms the major element of the report. Pottery manufacture at the site commenced c AD~100 and continued up to about the mid-fourth century. A wide range of fabrics and forms were produced, including finewares in the second-century, here identified for the first time in the Oxfordshire industry. The scale of production increased considerably in the later third-century with the expansion of mortarium output and the introduction of colour-coated wares, but it apparently declined again in the early part of the fourth century. Notable characteristics of the industry included the use of semi-literate potters' stamps on colour-coated vessels.Specific reports include `The pipelines' by G D Keevill & M L Hall (88-95), `Gazetteer of sites and finds' by P Bradley, G D Keevill, A Parkinson & C Underwood-Keevill (95-100), `The salvage excavation at Hadden Hill, Didcot' by A Boyle, G D Keevill & A Parkinson (100-6) including a section on `The Roman pottery' by P Booth (102-5) and `Discussion' of the site by P Booth & G D Keevill (106). `The assessment and excavation at Fullamoor Farm, Clifton Hampden' by A Boyle, G D Keevill & M Parsons (106-15) contains reports on `The pottery' by P Booth & C Underwood-Keevill (112-13), and `The worked flint' by P Bradley (113). `The excavation of a Roman kiln site at Lower Farm, Nuneham Courtenay' by A Boyle, P Booth & G D Keevill (115-217) forms the major part of the paper. Details of Early Roman activity are followed by the Phase II kiln site, including the settlement area, workshop area, and pot dump. `The geophysical survey' is detailed by M Cole (129-31). The finds section includes `The Roman coins' by P Booth (131), `The worked flint' by P Bradley (131-2), `The human skeletal remains' by A Boyle (132), `Fired clay and kiln debris' by P Booth (132-4), and `The pottery' by P Booth (134-206) which includes details of RB and IA examples, fabrics and chronology, and a catalogue of illustrated sherds. There follows a `Discussion' of the site as a whole by G D Keevill (206-15) with a final `Appendix: correlation of Young (1977) vessel type numbers with OAU recording system type codes' (216-17). Au & IH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |
