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(9) NO1 Nottingham ware 1 2 6 green glazed, pink bodied, c1250-1300
NO3 Nottingham ware 3 9 327 7 sherds green glazed & one with external rilling, 2
jug bases show typical stacking evidence
underneath, including the impression of a jug with a
pouring lip, glazed sub-oval rod handle, some sherds
lightly reduced interior, mid/later 13th century
BO2 Bourne ware 2 3 41 2 sherds brown glazed, 1 green with applied white
clay slip decoration under the glaze, 13th century+
MS Med. Sandy ware 2 1 3 glazed, links with (4) & (6), ?14th century
LY4 Lyveden/Stanion 2 58 hand built crudely made simple everted bowl rim,
thumbed exterior, similar to Lyveden pottery (Steane
1967, fig.8.a-b), 13th century +

(10) ?NO3 ?Nottingham ware 2 17 very hard fired, one sherd green glazed, possibly
3 early 14th century
MS2 Med. sandy ware 2 2 102 wide mouthed bowl, yellow/orange internal glaze,
joins with (5), ?14th century

(11) LY1 Lyveden/Stanion 1 1 15 base & lower wall, unusually fine, wheel thrown,
sooted and knife trimmed exterior, ?late 13th century
LY4 Lyveden/Stanion 4 7 140 hand built, all one vessel, sooted externally, 13th
CS – Coarse Shelly century

(12) NO2 Nottingham ware 2 3 32 patchy brown glaze runs ext c.1230-1300
LY4 Lyveden/Stanion 4 1 6 hand built
CS – Coarse Shelly

U/S NO1 Nottingham ware 1 4 37 green glazed, pink bodied, 1 sherd with external
rilling: joins with (9)
NO3 Nottingham ware 3 7 120 5 sherds glazed, jug rim with thumbing at top of
strap handle, reduced brown glaze (similar to
Coppack 1980, fig 78.164) ?late 13th century; 2
sherds with yellowish green glaze, one a rod handle,
the other a rilled jug neck. The latter has a lustrous
yellowish green glaze, similar to Brill/Boarstall ware
(Farley 1982), but the fabric appears to be too coarse
MS Med. Sandy ware 4 30 wheel thrown, orange body, brown glaze exterior,
links with (6) (4) and (9), ?14th century
BO2 ?Bourne ware 2 3 80 greenish brown glaze exterior, one sherd a jug body
with 3 external cordons
LY1 Lyveden/Stanion 1 5 82 hand built, glazed, 3 sherds also with applied white
slip – one a jug neck & body – with diagonal strips
and applied grid stamped pads, links with( 4)
LY4 Lyveden/Stanion 4 6 215 hand built, includes 3 totally reduced (black) sherds
CS – Coarse Shelly from a ‘developed’ upright cooking pot jar rim
(diam. c.20cm) thumbed on top of the rim – late
13th, early 14th, similar to pot from the Stanion
kilns, where both hand made and wheel thrown
pottery was manufactured (Bellamy 1983, fig 4.42).
The vessel is also sooted externally & on the rim top
& rim interior
CW2 Cisterican ware 2 1 28 thick walled splayed base, c.10cm diam., unusual
with glaze ‘lumps’ attached to base, including
ooliths, c.1475-1550
?NO2 ?Nottingham ware 2 1 8 burnt exterior

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