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Some Moulded-Face Flagons from the Oxford Kilns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Julian Munby
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In October 1970 the South Oxfordshire Hunt was crossing a field on Little Baldon Farm when one of their number observed some sherds lying on the newly ploughed surface. One of the first pieces to be recovered was a fine example of a moulded face from the neck of a flagon (No. I, below). Further investigation revealed much Romano-British pottery turned up by deep ploughing, and M. Aston and C. Young reported: ‘Fragments of mortaria, red colourcoated pottery and kiln debris indicate the site of workshops and perhaps 8 or 9 kilns.’ The site is in Toot Baldon parish, Oxfordshire, and towards the southern end of the Oxford potteries.

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Britannia , Volume 6 , November 1975 , pp. 182 - 188
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Copyright © Julian Munby 1975. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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1 Oxford Mail, 2 Feb. 1971.

2 I am most grateful to Mr. Ray Hodgkins for bringing this piece to my attention. Dr. Martin Henig has given continuous help in the preparation of this paper; I have also benefited from the assistance of Mr. R. Kraty, Dr. R. M. Reece, Professor J. M. C. Toynbee and Mr. C. Young.

3 Oxoniensia xxxv (1970), Notes and News, 103.Google Scholar

4 National Grid Reference: SU 562977. For the potteries, see C. Young, in C.B.A. Research Report No. 10 (ed. A. Detsicas, 1973).

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6 Information from Mr. C. Young.

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8 One from Burgh Castle (Norfolk Arch, iii (1852), 415Google Scholar and pl.; Proc. Suffolk Inst. Arch. xxiv (1947), 116, fig. 7, No. 1) and another from Colchester (M. R. Hull, Roman Potters Kilns of Colchester (1963), 11, fig. 7) are exceptional.Google Scholar

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18 Not published.

19 Acc. Nos. B1341 and C211.

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21 Information from Mr. Martin Millett. For the site, see p. 213–16.