Rossington Bridge lies next to the Roman road between Doncaster and Lincoln. Excavations between 1956-1961 discovered eight pottery kilns, a site of considerable significance. The kilns and material from the waster heaps excavated lie on a site with at least fifteen other unexcavated kilns and ancillary structures lying either side of the Roman road. The bulk of the finds clearly belong to the main period of activity on the site during the mid-2nd century when the mortarium potter Sarrius and his associates were involved in the production of mortaria, 'parisian' fine wares, black-burnished and grey wares intended for the military markets on the Northern frontier.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Abstract
• Notes
• Excavations at Rossington Bridge 1956–19
  • Introduction
• Rossington Bridge Pumping Station
  • The Kilns
    • Kiln 1
    • Kiln 2
    • Kiln 3
    • Kilns 4 & 5
    • Kiln 4
    • Kiln 5
    • Kiln 6
  • Clamp
  • Other features
  • Rossington Bridge Pumping Station Stratigraphy
  • Proton magnetometer survey
• Rossington Bridge Farm
  • Introduction
    • Kiln 1
    • Kiln 2
  • Discussion
• Archaeomagnetic Measurements by M. J. Aitken and G. H. Weaver
• The Coins by S. Esmonde Cleary
• An Intaglio by Martin Henig
• Small Finds by Glenys Lloyd Morgan
• Textile Impression by J. P. Wild
• Objects of Stone
• ‘Roman’ Coals by E. Bradburn
• Glass vessels
• Objects of Fired Clay
• The Pottery
• Rim counts of material from Rossington Bridge by J. Samuels
• Samian ware by B. Dickinson
• Mortaria by K. F. Hartley
  • Discussion: Sarrius, Setibogius and Secunda
• Black burnished ware production
  • Dishes (Type B)
  • Lipped bowls (Type C(a))
  • Bowls with grooved lip and straight-sided flanged bowls (Types C(b) and C(c))
  • Segmental flanged bowls (Type C(e))
  • Other bowls (Type C(f))
• Relief decorated pottery by V. Rigby
  • The stamped wares – Parisian Ware
  • Roller-stamped wares
  • Barbotine decoration
    • Parisian ware vessels, plain and decorated
  • Beakers in other fabrics (Type D)
    • Jars with rusticated decoration
  • Medium sized cooking pots/jars (Type E(a))
  • Lid-seated jars (Type E(b))
  • Large jars (Type F)
  • Flagons (Type G(a))
  • Narrow-necked jars (Type G(b))
  • Colanders (Type H(a))
  • Shoulder bowls/wide-mouthed jars (Type H(b))
  • Medium-sized and large bowls (TypeH(c)–(d))
  • Cheese presses (Type J)
  • Samian imitations (Type K)
  • Lids (Type L)
  • Miscellaneous forms (Type M)
  • Non-local vessels
• The Animal Bones by Gillian Crawley
• The Human Bones
• The Plant Remains
• Rossington Bridge Farm
  • The Pottery
  • Discussion
  • The nature of the industry: slaves, freedmen or independent potters?
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix 1: Objects reported to Doncaster Museum by T. O’Connor
• References
• Plate section