Huntcliff ware
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Huntcliff ware or more correctly 'Huntcliff-type' is a type of Romano-British ceramic
. It is a distinctive variety of calcite-gritted ware jar with a curved, everted rim with lid-seated groove, made in East Yorkshire
from around AD 360 to the 5th century AD. The fabric is black or dark brown and heavily tempered with crushed calcite. The jar forms have hand-made bodies and the rim finished on a potter's wheel. The term Huntcliff-type refers to the report in which this jar was first recognised as a type probably not in production before AD 360.
Use of the term 'Huntcliff ware' is discouraged because it suggests the pottery was manufactured at the Roman signal station on the east coast of Yorkshire. No kiln
s have been found for the calcite-gritted ware industry but an East Yorkshire source is suspected on distribution patterns, possibly in the Vale of Pickering
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Ancient Roman pottery
Pottery was produced in enormous quantities in ancient Rome, mostly for utilitarian purposes. It is found all over the former Roman Empire and beyond...
. It is a distinctive variety of calcite-gritted ware jar with a curved, everted rim with lid-seated groove, made in East Yorkshire
East Yorkshire
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from around AD 360 to the 5th century AD. The fabric is black or dark brown and heavily tempered with crushed calcite. The jar forms have hand-made bodies and the rim finished on a potter's wheel. The term Huntcliff-type refers to the report in which this jar was first recognised as a type probably not in production before AD 360.
Use of the term 'Huntcliff ware' is discouraged because it suggests the pottery was manufactured at the Roman signal station on the east coast of Yorkshire. No kiln
Kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, or oven, in which a controlled temperature regime is produced. Uses include the hardening, burning or drying of materials...
s have been found for the calcite-gritted ware industry but an East Yorkshire source is suspected on distribution patterns, possibly in the Vale of Pickering
Vale of Pickering
The Vale of Pickering is a low-lying flat area of land in North Yorkshire, England. It is drained by the River Derwent. The landscape is rural with scattered villages and small market towns. It has been inhabited continuously from the Mesolithic period...
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