Crambeck Ware

Crambeck Ware is a type of Romano-British ceramic produced in North Yorkshire primarily in the 4th century AD.

[2] Subsequent investigations have revealed a complex pattern of small enclosures within which the remains of kilns survive.

[1] All the Crambeck fabrics are united by a fine clay matrix with sparse silver mica containing varying quantities of quartz and iron-rich inclusions, while the mortaria have slag trituration grits.

[5] 'Parchment' ware: a variable group of hard, brittle, white, buff (through to yellow or orange) fabrics with a laminar fracture; abundant fine sand tempering.

[5] Crambeck Parchment Ware is frequently over-painted with red designs, often in circumferential bands but also used in geometric patterns, dots, diagonals, and also to depict human features on stylised face pots.