Mancetter-Hartshill Roman Pottery Kilns Archive Project

Between 1960 and 1977 Kay Hartley conducted excavations near the Warwickshire villages of Mancetter and Hartshill. In 1983 and 1984, further rescue excavations were undertaken by Warwickshire Museum at Mancetter, Cherry Tree Farm. These various excavations investigated a major Roman industrial complex, comprising more than 50 pottery kilns and associated features, including a glass furnace. Following the excavations, a considerable amount of time and effort was put into post-excavation analysis of the mortaria, other pottery and finds. The purpose of this digitisation project has been to secure and make accessible key elements of this archive resource, facilitating and encouraging its study and use, and potentially its further development.