Element record MNT28295 - Finds from Kirton Brickworks Quarry, Kirton

Summary

Assortment of finds recovered during a watching brief

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 4697e 3688e (229m by 356m)
Map sheet SK43NE
District Newark
Civil Parish Kirton, Newark

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Unstratified finds were limited to ceramics: thirty-eight sherds of pottery and two pieces of tile. The pottery is mostly of post-medieval or modern date, but six of the sherds date to the medieval or early post-medieval periods.

Six vessels are of medieval to early post-medieval type. A small sherd from a jug in a Light bodied
Nottingham-type Glazed ware (NOTG). This jug is likely to have been produced in Nottingham between the thirteenth and early or mid-fourteenth centuries. Three Coal Measures sherds (CMO and CMP) come from jugs or jars of mid-fifteenth- to sixteenth-century date. These vessels are probably products of kilns in South Yorkshire. A sherd from a large North Nottinghamshire Late Medieval Coarseware jar (NNCSW) is of similar date. The small Cistercian ware (CIST) sherd was probably made at Ticknall in Derbyshire between the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Twenty-three of the vessels examined are of post-medieval type. The eight Black-glazed Earthenware vessels (BL) include a jug and a large cylindrical jar that are likely to have been produced in North Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire or at Ticknall in Derbyshire between the mid-seventeenth eighteenth centuries. Another large cylindrical jar dates to the late seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. The other black-glazed sherds come from jars and bowls in a variety of fabrics. These include vessels dating to the late seventeenth to eighteenth, eighteenth to nineteenth, and nineteenth to mid-20th-centuries.

Four of the eleven Brown-glazed Earthenware (BERTH) sherds are of Staffordshire/Derbyshire mid-seventeenth- to eighteenth-century type. These four vessels are all large jars of mainly cylindrical type. Another large cylindrical jar of similar date is of Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire type. A large jar and a large bowl are of eighteenth- to nineteenth-century type whilst the remaining sherds come from jars or bowls from the mid- or late seventeenth to eighteenth centuries.

An unglazed fine earthenware sherd (LERTH) and two others in coarser fabrics (STCOA) are likely to be from black or brown-glazed vessels dating from the seventeenth to mid-twentieth centuries and late seventeenth to eighteenth centuries respectively.

A small sherd is from a decorated Staffordshire-type Slipware (STSL) press-moulded dish of late seventeenth- to eighteenth-century date. The dish is most likely to have been manufactured in North Staffordshire or Derbyshire, but could have been made in Yorkshire.

Eight of the vessels examined are industrial finewares or stonewares of eighteenth- to mid-twentieth-century date. A small sherd from a Pearlware (PEARL) jug is decorated with blue transfer-printing and green over-glaze painting. The jug is of early to mid nineteenth century date. A small Nineteenth Century Buff ware jar (NCBW) is of nineteenth- to twentieth-century date. The three English Stoneware (ENGS) sherds come from vessels of potential late eighteenth- to mid-twentieth-century date whereas the two Nottingham Stoneware (NOTS) drinking vessels are of eighteenth-century date. A small Late Blackware bowl dates from the late eighteenth or nineteenth-centuries.

The two fragments of building material recovered from the site appear to come from tiles. One piece is probably from a flat roof tile (PNR) of eighteenth- to twentieth-century date. The other fragment is in a coarse orange calcareous fabric and could either be of Roman or early modern date (RTMISC).This piecehas a surviving thickness of between 30mm and 35mm. The upper surface has been worn smooth, most probably by use as flooring in a well-used area.


Richard Moore, 2015, Kirton Quarry: Archaeological Watching Brief, Page 8-9 (Unpublished document). SNT5655.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Richard Moore. 2015. Kirton Quarry: Archaeological Watching Brief. Page 8-9.

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Record last edited

Jun 25 2024 2:51PM

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