Discredited Kiln Sites
The following, formerly claimed as kiln sites, cannot on present evidence be included in the gazetteer:
Aldbury Old Copse, TL973120 (OS Records); settlement material only (inf. G Davies, V Mus, St Albans).
Aldenham Home Farm, Aldenham Park, TQ170960 (OS Records); material comprises redeposited rubbish of mixed date incl. pottery probably derived from one of the Romano-British kiln sites operating in 1 or 2 in the Brockley Hill/ Verulamium area (WSW Herts AS Bull 15 (Oct. 1959), 2; ibid. 11 (April 1970), 5).
Hoddesdon Amwell, area centred TL370095 (Gerish 1900); Mediaeval material only.
Puckeridge The Bypass, TL385243 (Britannia 4 (1973), 300); ‘kiln or oven’, not used for the manufacture of pottery.
St Stephen Blackboy Pits, TL 122024 (Davey 1932); tile production only, with no evidence for pottery manufacture.
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AE: Archaeological Excavations (Dept. of the Environment: HMSO).
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BB2: Black-burnished ware, Category 2 (see Glossary).
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DoE: Department of the Environment.
EASN: Enfield Archaeological Society News.
EHASN: East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society Newsletter.
EHEG: East Hertfordshire Excavation Group.
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Hertford Mus: Hertford County Museum, 18 Bull Plain Hertford.
JRS:Journal of Roman Studies.
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OS: Ordnance Survey.
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SEHH Soc: Stanmore, Edgeware and Harrow Historical Society.
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VCH Herts: The Victoria County History of Hertfordshire.
V Mus, St Albans: The Verulamium Museum, St Michael’s, St Albans, Herts.
Welwyn Mus: The Roman Bath House, Dicket Mead, Welwyn.
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WSW Herts AS: Watford and South-West Hertfordshire Archaeological Society.