Sandy ware

[1] Sandy wares are commonly found in Great Britain from the sixth through the fourteenth centuries.

Archaeological excavations during the last fifty years have uncovered important areas of pottery production and use, including Southeast England and the East Midlands.

Archaeological excavations conducted at Lyminge, Kent from 2008 to 2010 uncovered over 6000 pottery sherds.

[2] Jars, cups and bowls were determined to be the predominant vessel types in the excavation at Lyminge.

This type of sandy ware is characterized by the use micaceous clays, which resulted in brown and grey-brown fabrics.

Like most early medieval pottery, Essex sandy ware was handmade and wheel thrown.

[4] Early Medieval Sandy ware appears in London for the first time in the last quarter of the tenth century.

Two sandy ware forms that have been found from this time period in London are the cooking-pot and the shallow dish.

The pottery was possibly a mix of local and imported sandy ware types.

[6] The later Medieval Sandy ware type has a date range from the thirteenth to the fourteenth centuries.

The fabric is tempered with a large number of quartz sand particles and some iron oxide grains.