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Alice Holt Forest is a Romano-British pottery production site in Hampshire, England, where extensive evidence of ceramic manufacture has been identified across multiple kiln locations. The forest was exploited intensively during the Roman period, particularly in the second and third centuries, and became one of the most significant centres of pottery production in southern Britain, supplying coarse ware vessels to military and civilian settlements across a wide region. Archaeological investigation has revealed substantial quantities of kiln debris, wasters, and structural remains that attest to large-scale, organised production at the site. The pottery produced here, characterised by distinctive grey ware forms, was distributed to Roman forts, villas, and settlements throughout Hampshire and beyond, demonstrating the commercial importance of this forest-based industrial enterprise within the Romano-British economy.
Alice Holt Forest, Romano-British kiln sites is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001867. View the official record →
Alice Holt Forest is a Romano-British pottery production site in Hampshire, England, where extensive evidence of ceramic manufacture has been identified across multiple kiln locations. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001867.
Alice Holt Forest, Romano-British kiln sites is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1001867.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Walldown enclosures (5.8 km), Bell barrow 50m south of Gunsite (6.7 km), River Wey aqueduct, Bramshott Court (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Alice Holt Forest, Romano-British kiln sites's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Alice Holt Forest, Romano-British kiln sites stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.