The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 149
... firing , and experimental firings of recon- structed kilns ( fig.71 ) have also been used for the same ends.11 More recently it has been acknowledged that a reasonable idea of the entire process of pottery or tile manufacture , the ...
... firing , and experimental firings of recon- structed kilns ( fig.71 ) have also been used for the same ends.11 More recently it has been acknowledged that a reasonable idea of the entire process of pottery or tile manufacture , the ...
Page 153
... firing , at the ' leather - hard ' or ' green ' stage ; they were then fired in an updraught kiln . There are no examples of biscuit firing from medieval England although this method of firing a pot before the application of glaze ...
... firing , at the ' leather - hard ' or ' green ' stage ; they were then fired in an updraught kiln . There are no examples of biscuit firing from medieval England although this method of firing a pot before the application of glaze ...
Page 157
... firings of the kiln suggested that its capacity was about 750 tiles and that the amount of brushwood needed for fuel amounted to about 600kg for a complete firing of twelve hours ' duration . A less well - preserved kiln for firing ...
... firings of the kiln suggested that its capacity was about 750 tiles and that the amount of brushwood needed for fuel amounted to about 600kg for a complete firing of twelve hours ' duration . A less well - preserved kiln for firing ...
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Abbey Anglo-Saxon appear Archaeol archaeological archaeological evidence areas aspects Benedictine Beresford Biddle buildings built carried castles centres changing church Cistercian clay cloth common concentrated construction continued crofts discovered distribution documentary documentation domestic early eleventh England English evidence example excavation farm fields firing floor foundations fourteenth Goltho ground historical houses illustrated important increased indicate individual industry instance interest iron kilns known land late later London materials Medieval Archaeology medieval towns medieval village mentioned methods Middle Ages moated sites monasteries monastic motte needed Norman occupied orders origins parish particularly past peasant period population possible pottery present preserved probably produced question reasons recent remains result seems seen settlement shown sources standing stone Street structures suggest Sulgrave surrounded thirteenth century throughout tiles timber tion tower towns trade twelfth urban usually walls Winchester