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Vespasian. Among the few pieces of Samian ware was one through 

 which a hole was drilled near the edge and a rivet of lead attached, 

 to connect the two pieces, one of which was detached and lost. 



Several Romano-British potteries and kilns have been found in 

 England, the most important of which are on the river Ness, in 

 Northamptonshire, and Huntingdonshire, computad to have covered 

 an area of more than 20 miles. The pottery of these kilns has a 

 striking resemblance to the New Forest ware. At Upchurch, in 

 Kent, enormous quantities of pottery are distributed over the county. 

 The archaeologist is able to assign peculiar classes of pottery found 

 at considerable distances from each other to the manufactory 

 of Upchurch. In a similar way the Bagber Kiln probably supplied 

 this part of Dorset with pottery. Extensive Romano-British 

 potteries have been found in various parts of the New Eorest ; for 

 instance, Crock Hill (a suggestive name), visited by the club in 

 1892; their number need not cause surprise when the large 

 amount of earthenware made use of by the Romans in daily life 

 is taken into consideration. Hutchins mentions a pottery at Hinton 

 Martel " for all kinds of earthenware." At Castor, Mr. Artis found 

 that the bricks were made of clay mixed with about one-third of 

 rye in the chaff, which, after having been consumed by fire, give 

 the appearance of being honeycombed. 



C. H. Read, Esq., F.A.S., found a table of black clay in a Roman 

 kiln at Shoebury, in Essex, resting upon a disc three feet six inches 

 in diameter, upon which, he supposes, the pottery was placed, and 

 piled up to the domed roof previous to removal to the kiln ; there 

 was an outside fireplace communicating with an aperture in the 

 wall of the kiln for the admission of heated air. 



LIST OF OBJECTS FOUND IN THE KIL& 

 Jug with handle, smooth black-brown ware. Diameter at mouth 



27 inches, height 6 '3 inches ; greatest circumference 20 inches, 



thickness 0'2 inch. 



The upper portion of a jug, showing the attachment of the handle, 



which the tang at the lower part (lost) would keep in place. 



