MICHELMERSH, HAMPSHIRE: ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING REPORT 2002
Author(s): Paul Linford
During excavations by Wessex Archaeology in advance of the laying of a new pipeline by Southern Water at Michelmersh near Romsey in Hampshire, an Anglo-Saxon clamp kiln was discovered. Unusually for such a feature, complete pots were found in-situ, which, for unknown reasons, had been fired but never recovered by the operators of the kiln. Providing a date for the last firing of the kiln was of potentially major significance for the regional Anglo-Saxon pottery chronology, so the Centre for Archaeology were asked to provide archaeomagnetic analysis of the feature. From this analysis it was possible to date the last use of the kiln to the end of the 10th century AD which was in good agreement with the date estimated from the existing pottery chronology for the area.
- Report Number:
- 7/2002
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 18
- Keywords:
- Archaeomagnetism
