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Description: | Nine ceramic wheel-thrown body sherds of probable Derbyshire ware, with some examples of Severn Valley ware (thickness: 5mm - 11.9mm; collection weight: 75.99g). Some of these sherds have an hard, gritty fabric with a pimply surface, with colour sometimes varying from dark blue-grey to brick-red, sometimes with an irregular presence of these colours throughout the fabrics.The typical form of Derbyshire ware is a jar with deep 'bell-mouthed' rim or rolled rim. Earlier specimens tend to have more lightly moulded rims, but this develops to a deeply dished form by the mid 3rd century. Bowls and dishes are also known in the same ware. Production commences by the mid 2nd century, but 'pre-Derbyshire' prototypes at Derby Racecourse kilns date from the early 2nd century AD. Production in the north generally dates from the 3rd century AD. The ware's distribution is abundant on sites in Derbyshire, with a huge percentage at Little Chester as well as a scatter in the northern frontier zone and some specimens from Wales (Tyers, 1996, pages 190-1). In comparison, Severn valley ware is widely distributed with forms including handled tankards, storage and wide-mouthed jars, with production flourishing during the 2nd and early 3rd and continuing into the 4th century AD. Several 2nd/ 3rd century kiln sites are known, extending through the Severn valley (Alkington, Ledbury, Malvern, Perry Barr) to Wroxeter. The earliest production centres are not yet identified, but they were perhaps in the Gloucester region. During the mid 1st century AD, distribution was largely confined to sites in the Severn valley near the Gloucester region, but from the later 1st century, distributions were present at and around Wroxeter and Chester. The pottery is abundant on sites in the lower Severn basin through the 2nd/ 3rd century, but there was extension of small-scale supply to north-west England and near Hadrian's Wall and Scotland in the 2nd century (Tyers, 1996, page 197-9).
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