Monument record MDO5405 - Pottery kiln (Alderholt 10), Alderholt

The site of a pottery kiln, known from documentary evidence and a scatter of pottery wasters. The pottery was in operation from at least the mid seventeenth century until the mid eighteenth century. Part of the Verwood Potteries, little is known about the kiln's later history, but it was owned by John Major in 1700.

Site of a former pottery in Alderholt in use from at least the mid seventeenth to the second half of the eighteenth century. The site is known from documentary sources and from a heavy concentration of waster sherds. No remains of the kiln are visible. The site was owned by John Major in 1700. The later history is not known, but the kiln was finally closed during the second half of the eighteenth century. <1> <2>

Alderholt Kiln 10; A pottery kiln in production from the 17th until the late 18th century. Little is known about its latter history, but it was owned by John Major in 1700. <2>

<1> Algar D, Light A and Trehane P, 1979, The Verwood & District Potteries, 22-23 (Monograph). SDO12592.

<2> Algar D, Light A and Copland-Griffiths, P, 1987, The Verwood & District Potteries. A Dorset Industry, 22-23 (Monograph). SDO12825.

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1981, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1979, 103-120 (Serial). SDO79.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1989, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1988, 29-35 (Serial). SDO88.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1030505 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 5 2022 7:37AM