Monument Number 71295 |
Hob Uid: 71295 | |
Location : Cheshire West and Chester Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel
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Grid Ref : SJ5066069220 |
Summary : Medieval pottery kiln and wasters excavated in Ashton, Cheshire in 1933. The kiln was a Musty type 3 in production during the late 13th to early 14th century. Pottery forms included cooking pots, shallow dishes, bowls and jugs fired in a quartz based firing fabric with inclusions of feldspar, chert, iron ore, mica and sand. Some of the finds are present in Grosvener Museum, Cheshire. The kiln is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. |
More information : [SJ 5065 6922] Mediaeval potter's kiln found by Mr. G.B. Leach in his garden at Smithy House, Ashton in October 1933. The kiln contained thousands of pottery fragments from which some thirty vessels, chiefly jugs and pitchers, have been reconstructed - representing a series from 13th-15th c. Little more than the foundations of the furnace remain. [See AO/139/4 & 5]. (1) 14th c. pottery kiln. Pottery in Grosvenor Museum. (2) Ashton Mediaeval Kiln. Scheduled Ancient monument. (3) Mrs. Keen, the occupier, pointed out a wooden stake in the garden marking the site of the kiln at SJ 50666922. It is on a small turf-covered slope and there are no surface remains. (4) No change since report of 26.6.64. (5) The kiln has been virtually obliterated above ground level by persons and at a time unknown. However before acceding to proposals for descheduling the site, the Ancient Monuments Board recommended archaeological investigation should take place to determine the state of preservation of any below ground remains. (6) No surface remains. (7)
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