Dales ware

Dales ware is a type of pottery produced in the South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire[1] areas of England and widely distributed across northern Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

[2] Dales ware was predominantly produced in north Lincolnshire,[3] but had other production centres in Yorkshire,[4] and was traded northwards, east of the Pennines in the 3rd and 4th Centuries AD.

[5] Dales ware is a handmade, shell-tempered coarseware ceramic with a distinctive rim, often wheel-formed.

[5] It often includes irregular finger indentations around the lower body, but is generally smoothed towards the shoulder and over the rim and lip.

Dales-type jars are always more numerous than true Dales ware[5] and were popular as burial urns in Roman York.