Interim Note on a Twelfth Century Pottery Kiln from Canterbury

A small excavation by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust has yielded the near-complete base of a small kiln, with its flue and firing-chamber densely packed with large sherds and wasters. The pottery is unlike the dominant local sandy ware for the period and shows very strong formal and decorative North French influences. Links with a Cathedral Precinct document- dated site confidently indicate a date between c. 1150-1175 for the kiln.