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| Local Iron Age people
made pots by hand, like these. |
Click here
and see how Barton Court children made an Iron Age kiln! |
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Roman pots were
made in different shapes using a potter’s wheel. There
were kilns all over Roman Britain.
Seven have been found in Canterbury. |
This Roman samian
pottery was made in Gaul (northern France). People used it for special
events. Grapes, walnuts, cherries and almonds were eaten in Roman
Britain. |
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This animal head
has broken off a special Roman bowl used for grinding herbs (a mortarium).
What animal does
it look like? |
Faces on Roman pots were
rare. This one was found on a Roman dig near Canterbury Cathedral.
It may have been used in a religious ceremony. |
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Oysters were
very common in Roman times and the ones from Richborough
were famous! These oysters came from
St Augustine’s Fish Supplies in
Whitstable. |
Today oysters are a luxury.
Go to the Crab & Winkle Seafood Restaurant in Whitstable and try
some! |
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Pottery was often
placed in Roman cremation graves. Sometimes it contained
food and drink for the dead person’s journey to the
After Life. The scale
measures 50 cms. |
This amphora
was
made in Spain. It contained olive oil and stood in a Roman kitchen.
It must have been very heavy. Sometimes these big pots were re-used
as urinals! |
Sometimes the contents
of the amphora were written on the outside. This handle has some rare
Roman writing carved into it. |
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Tyler Hill was
a good site to make pottery. There was a successful pot and tile industry
there in medieval times.
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Discovering medieval Tyler Hill jugs at THE BIG DIG
near Canterbury Bus Station. |
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| Jugs made at
Tyler Hill. The thumbed base is a typical medieval style. |
It’s those oysters
again! This shell has been recycled as a medieval paint palette. It
was found at the Whitefriars site in Canterbury, THE BIG DIG. |
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Medieval cooking
pot made at Tyler Hill.
It is black with soot where it nestled in
an open fire. |
Sherd from a
Tyler Hill medieval pot. What kind of vessel do you think it was?
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| Time Team 2000. A modern
potter made some replica medieval pots at Tyler Hill. |
We made some
medieval food! Bread, leek and ‘sops’, pickled herrings
and fig pastries. |
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| A reconstruction of medieval
Black friars eating in their refectory. |
Brown English earthenware pottery. Dish with combed
decoration from Staffordshire. 17th and 18th centuries. |
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Colourful mugs
and tankards made
in England and Germany. 16th to 18th centuries. |
A Victorian dinner service. |
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Tin-glazed 'Delft'
pottery. The
big one is an apothecary jar.
17th and 18th centuries. |
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