Aylesford-Swarling Pottery

Aylesford-Swarling pottery is part of a tradition of wheel-thrown pottery distributed around Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and named after two cemeteries in Kent dating to the first century BC. The tradition reached Britain with the so called Belgic invasion of the first century BC and may also be loosely termed Belgic ware.

Characteristics

Vessels are generally wheel-thrown, and show cordons, 'corrugation', and zones of combed or 'furrowed' decoration. Shapes may be angular or rounded, often with pedestal or foot-ring bases. The use of grog temper was extensive, though not universal.

References

*Alex Gibson and Ann Woods, Prehistoric Pottery for the Archaeologist, 2nd Ed., 1997 Leicester University Press, pp.90-93, ISBN 0-7185-1954-X.
*The Roman Pottery of Kent, Dr Richard J. Pollard, Doctoral thesis completed in 1982, published 1988, pp.30, ISBN 0-906746-12-4.