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Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest

England
List entry 1004704
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004704
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.82 hectares
Grid reference
SU 22210 64963
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Column Ride is a Romano-British pottery kiln site located within Savernake Forest in Wiltshire. The kiln remains, identified through archaeological survey and excavation, date to the Roman period and represent evidence of ceramic production within the forest landscape during Romano-British occupation. The site's location within Savernake suggests the exploitation of local clay resources and forest resources for kiln firing, contributing to understanding of Romano-British industrial activity in the Wiltshire region. The surviving archaeological features provide material evidence for the organisation of pottery manufacture away from major settlement centres during the later Iron Age and Roman periods.

Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004704. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest?

Column Ride is a Romano-British pottery kiln site located within Savernake Forest in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004704.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest?

Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest 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 1004704.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Hat Barrow, bowl barrow (8.4 km), Defended settlement on Aughton Down, 450m north of Croft Barn (8.6 km), Long barrow on Fairmile Down (9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Old Hat Barrow, bowl barrow
8.4 km
Defended settlement on Aughton Down, 450m north of Croft Barn
8.6 km
Long barrow on Fairmile Down
9 km
Round barrow cemetery 320m south east of Down Farm
9 km
Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse
9.7 km
Everleigh Barrows
9.7 km
Bowl barrow 650m east of Summer Down Farm
9.8 km
Two disc barrows 700m north-west of Heath Copse
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest

Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest

MildenhallRoman town · ~2.8 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~7.4 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~7.8 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~8 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~13 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~14.4 miles
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