More information : [SE 567 383] Roman pottery had been found up to 1931-2 on the east side of a clay pit at the Brick and Tile Works Cawood. Excavations in Sept. 1933 revealed parts of two ditches 10' wide and 4' deep, lying almost at right angles containing 18" of dark silt in which occurred fragments of bone, pottery and roofing tiles. Pottery from this site included a little Samian and much Coarse Ware (mainly 3rd - 4th Cent) a waster was also found, but no evidence of a pottery kiln. Also a portion of a quern stone. The finds indicate the site to have been a Roman settlement, dating from the Severus until the end of the Roman occupation. Plan. (1) Siting not confirmed. The clay pits are now disused. (2) During 1931-2 when `baring' for clay at the Brick and Tile Works, Cawood, fragments of Roman pottery were found together with a few fragments of medieval sherds, a medieval glazed tile and several large moulds for making clay animals and conventional leaf patterns of much later date (possibly 18th or early 19th century). None of the Roman sherds are earlier than the late 3rd century. Taken with the medieval sherds and the clay moulds also found, this suggests that pottery making was carried out here over a long period, possibly from Roman times. (3)
SE 566 384 (4) Cawood. Listed as a Roman villa (4-5)
NK 4.The site is now destroyed but could have been a villa. (6) |