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Roman Pottery Bibliography - Lancashire  page 1

Journal of Roman Pottery Studies Vol 2, 1989 page 118
Peter Carrington
286 Edwards, B J N, ‘Finds resulting from Ribchester Sewerage Scheme’, Lancashire Arch. Bulletin Vol 2 (2), 1976, 34.
wbf/set/not dated/usf/amp stamped handle Location: unknown

287
Edwards, B J N, ‘Ribchester Pottery’, Lancashire Arch. Bulletin Vol 2 (3), 1976, (58-59 + figs 9-10), 59.
cts/tsg/wbf/set/not dated/usf/amp
Only a small sample of pottery published; inadequately described.
Location: unknown

288
Leather, G M, ‘Excavations at Low Pleasant, Quemmore, 1972’, Contrebis Vol 1 (1), 1973, 9-11.
exc/ptp/80-l6OMsf
qmm
‘Considerable quantities of pottery debris’ found, but only stamped mortaria described and illustrated.
Location: unknown

289
Simpson, G, ‘Ribchester Roman fort: its historical outline supplemented by the decorated samian pottery’, in Edwards, B J N
& Webster, P V, eds., Ribchester Excavations, Part 1, 1985, 9-18.
exc/mil/not dated/usf
sts/cts/mvs/ets
See also entry nos. 290 & 291.
Location: Ribchester Museum

290
Webster, P V (with contributions by K F Hartley), ‘Coarse pottery from the 1970 excavations’, in Edwards, B I N & Webster, P V, Ribchester Excavations, Part 1, 1985, 59-83.
exc/mil/late 1st-late 4th/seq
amp/bbl/bb2/ccc/occ/eyk/gry/llm/mhm/mca/nvc/ngp/ngm/mro/
osd/rhn/rgh/rst/svv/shg/vrm/wht/wpx/wmm/hom?/eym/wpm
For Ribchester samian, see entry nos. 289 & 291.
Location: Ribchester Museum

291
Wild, F, ‘Samian ware from the 1970 excavations’, in Edwards,
B I N & Webster, P V, Ribchester Excavations, Part!, 1985,
48-58.
exc/mil/not dated/usf,seq
sts/cts/mvs/ets
See also entry nos. 289 & 290.
Location: Ribchester Museum
Lancashire: Greater Manchester

292 Thompson, F H, ‘Pottery’, in ‘The Roman fort at Castleshaw,
Yorkshire (W R): Excavations, 1957-64’, Lancashire & Cheshire
Antiq. Soc.
Vol 77, 1967, (1-18), 11-12.
exc/mil/late 1st-early 2nd/ggp
sts/gry/mro/osd/vrm

Journal of Roman Pottery Studies Vol 3, 19890 page 103
Louise Hird
497 Birley, E, Bird, J & White, A, ‘The Samian Pottery’, in Jones, G D B & Shutter, D C A, Roman Lancaster, 1988, 94-102.
exc/mil,mjc/late 1st-late 2nd/usf 
sts/mvs/cts/ets
Only a small amount illustrated, but a useful list of stamps.
Location: Lancaster City Museum
 

 

498 Turner, R C, Webster, P V & Witherington, J H S. ‘Coarse Pottery’, in Edwards, B J N & Webster, P V. Ribchester Excavations, Part 3: Excavations in the Civil Settlement, Pottery and Coins, 1988, 51-1 16.
exc/mjc/c80-late 4th/usf
asg/ass/clc/nvc/wpc/?hmd/mca/bbl/lbb2/grc/grg/rst/llm/mhm/
vrm/wpm/lox/wpm/eyk/hcs (calcite-gritted)/svv
A useful drawing-together of material from excavations of recent years in the civilian settlement.
Location: Cumbria & Lancashire Unit (at present); Ribchester Museum (eventually)

499 Webster, P V (with contributions by K F Hartley and A White), ‘The Coarse Pottery’, in Jones, G D B & Shotter, D C A, Roman Lancaster, 1988, 103-145.
exc/mil,mjc,kln/late 1st-late 4th/usf,seq
amp/asg/nvc/orc/rhn/occ(ngp)/bbl/grf/grc/grg/gry/rst/evm/ ?llm/
mhm/ngm/nem/qmm/wpm/osc/lox/dal/eyk/hcs (calcite-gritted)/lcl
Includes the products of two Quernmore kilns.
Location: Lancaster City Museum

500 Wild, F, ‘The Samian Ware’, in Edwards, B J N & Webster, P V, Ribchester Excavations, 1988, 9-50.
exc/mjc/c60-late 2nd/usf sts/mvs/cts/ets
Location: unknown

In future the bibliography will not be printed in JRPS, but will be an exclusively on-line resource. New contributions are listed below
Gill Dunn May 2008
1512  Gregory, R A, 2007, Roman Manchester, the University of Manchester’s excavations within the vicus 2001-5, Oxford.
Includes:
73/83 Liverpool Road
Samian ware by M Ward 10
Coarseware by A Jones 11-14
Ceramic building material by A Jones 14-15

Barton Street
The samian ware by F Wild 56-73
Romano-British coarse pottery by R Leary 73-115
The mortaria by K Hartley and R Leary 115-126
Roman ceramic building material by J Speakman 126-131

Southern Street
Samian ware by F Wild 154
Roman coarseware by R Leary 154-155
Ceramic building material by R Garrett 155

340 Deansgate
Samian ware by F Wild 165-168
Coarseware (and finewares) by R Leary 168-177

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