Ham Green Pottery
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The kiln was built of limestone lined with clay. It was 8 feet (2.4 m) long and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide and fired the clay which was thrown by hand.[1] Two types of jugs have been identified. Type A, believed to date from the 12th century have a yellow splashed plain lead glaze and have a diamond pattern decorating the rim. Type B, a more recent product appears greener, due to the presence of copper in the glaze.[2] The jugs were decorated with floral patterns sometimes with identifiable animals or human figures.[3]
Dendrochronology suggests that production had ceased by 1275.[4]
The site was excavated in 1959, when 6,915 fragments of pottery were uncovered, mainly decorated pieces of jugs and cooking pots.[1] Further excavation took place in 1978.[5]
