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Medieval pottery kiln prop
Tapering, hollow cyclidircal kiln prop with truncation at narrow end. Small circular perforation on one side. Stack marks present and remnants of glaze from the firing process. Largely complete.
Kiln prop used for separating pots during firing, 1300s. Found at Rhuddlan, north-east Wales.
SC3.4
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
78.74H/3
Find Information
Site Name: Rhuddlan, Denbighshire
Grid Reference: SJ 02 78
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Acquisition
donation, 26/10/1994
Measurements
height / mm:110
maximum diameter / mm:140.1
diameter / mm
minimum diameter / mm:107.7
diameter / mm
weight / g:1038.1
Material
Pottery
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Roman and Medieval Pottery
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