Roman pots excavated from Irchester Roman Town 2024
These pots were discovered as part of the Irchester Archaeological excavations as part of the annual Field School - a community and reserach excavation run by the Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre and the University of Leicester at the site of the Roman town at Chester House Estate.
A series of over 20 complete and mostly complete pots dating to the late 2nd century CE were discovered from a single pit. They represent a large selection of types of pots that would have been used everyday including bowls, flagons, storage vessels and cooking pots.
They are now on display in the galleries at Chester House Estate.
Irchester Roman Town
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This is a rare type of medieval ceramic roof tile, replaced in the 13th century by standard rectangular ceramic or nib tiles used until the 20th century. The rarity of these roof tiles and their association with buildings of high status in Northampton, both religious and secular, is of historical and archaeological significance.
This fragment of Roman mosaic flooring is on display in Daventry Museum. It is part of a larger decorative floor, discovered in 1823 on Borough Hill, Daventry by historian George Baker, with a full excavation carried out in 1852 by Beriah Botfield, MP.
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Peterborough Museum