ceramics in Herefordshire

The Woolhope Club

medieval pottery in Herefordshire

Pottery from sites in Leominster

Whereas medieval pottery classification in Hereford has been standardised since 1985. The case at Leominster is quite otherwise. The pottery from the Castle Moat site was classified according the the Worcestershire system, as was that at the Buttercross site, while the Poultry Packers and Focus, Mill Street sites employ yet other systems. In any case, the medieval pottery from Leominster appears to be of mainly local manufacture, with some imports from the Malvern industries and from Hereford. Below is a correlation table based on that devised by Stephanie Ratkai. The definitions highlighted in pink are those used at the Focus site and at Hereford and are those used in these pages.

Focus site
Buttercross
Hereford
Wigmore
Poultry Packers
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siltstf
F111
?A4
S10
siltfine
siltstc
F111
?A4
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siltcoarse
siltsand
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siltmic
F135
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M01
siltmic
siltstf03
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siltstffw
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F56
B1
R01
malvcpj
F35
B2
?Q20
malvtrip
F69
B4
R02
malvwm
F134
A7b
RW10
fineoxwm