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Crambeck is a Roman pottery production site located in North Yorkshire, dating to the later Roman period, approximately the third and fourth centuries AD. The site comprises evidence of multiple pottery kilns and associated manufacturing features that produced wheel-thrown ceramics, including mortaria and other domestic wares, for supply to nearby military installations and settlements across northern Britain. The kilns themselves represent substantial structures typical of Romano-British pottery production, with archaeological investigation revealing the physical remains of firing chambers and surrounding work areas. Crambeck pottery has been identified on numerous contemporary sites across the north, making it an important source of evidence for Romano-British ceramic industries and regional trade networks during the later empire.
Roman pottery kilns and associated features at Crambeck is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016347. View the official record →
Crambeck is a Roman pottery production site located in North Yorkshire, dating to the later Roman period, approximately the third and fourth centuries AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016347.
Roman pottery kilns and associated features at Crambeck 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 1016347.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kirkham Priory Augustinian monastery: monastic precinct, three fishponds, and precinct boundary (1.2 km), Kirkham Bridge (1.3 km), A long barrow 120m north of Westow Grange, incorporating part of a medieval field system (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman pottery kilns and associated features at Crambeck'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.
Roman pottery kilns and associated features at Crambeck stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.