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Archaeology South-East2008058: Holbury Infants School, Holbury, HampshireAppendix 3: Roman Pottery Spot DatesContext Date range Comments1001 Roman One bodysherd, not datable1005 300-3601006 300-330/40Contains a New Forest beaker sherd with white painted decoration. The very simple dots andlines on the sherd are apparently more common around 340-360, earlier examples tending tobe more elaborately decorated but it can't certainly be dated later than 300Early/mid 4thC-350+ probably early/mid 4th1007contains a sherd of Oxfordshire red-slipped ware which is more likely to be 4th century than1008 270-early/mid 4th earlier1009 270-early/mid 4th Unstrat from within cut 1009, small group, not well dated1011 270-early/mid 4th bodysherds not well dated1013 270-early/mid 4th Small group, not well dated1014 270-early/mid 4th1015 270-early/mid 4th1016 320-350?Date range based on parallel in Fulford (1975, 49.1 fig 16 pp60) but there is some uncertaintyover the dating so it's possible this context is slightly earlier than 320 but not pre 3001017 270-early/mid 4thcontains a tall beaker base which could be imitating New Forest fine ware forms, post dating3001018 270-early/mid 4th One grey ware form is possibly imitating a New forest fineware form which post-dates 3001019 300-360 probably early/mid 4th1020 270-early/mid 4th1022 Roman bodysherds not specifically dateable, likely post 2701023 270-early/mid 4th1030 325-360One sherd present, certainly in this range but given the dating of the rest of the assemblage,likely towards the start of the range1035 270-early/mid 4th1036 270-early/mid 4th1038 50-250 One sherd, likely from the end of this range and may be residual1042 270-early/mid 4th bodysherds not well dated1044 120-200+ One very abraded sherd, likely to be residual1048 270-early/mid 4th small group, not well dated1049 270-early/mid 4th1052 300-360 One form paralleled in Fulford (1975, 44) may date to post 345 but this is uncertain1058 270-early/mid 4thPossibly fairly early in this range, as it is very large well dated group with diagnostic fine-waresbut none that could definitely be dated later than the late 3rd century. Also there is a highproportion of sand-tempered and BB1 sherds in comparison to the grog-tempered sherdswhich may be more indicative of a late 3rd century date1059 270-early/mid 4th1065 270-early/mid 4th Small group, not well dated1069 Roman One bodysherd, not datable1070 270-early/mid 4th Small group, not well dated1072 270-early/mid 4th bodysherds not well dated1074 270-early/mid 4th1077 270-early/mid 4th small group not well dated1083 270-early/mid 4th Small group, not well dated1085 Roman bodysherds not specifically dateable1089 170-200+ small group, could be residual but does contain a semi-complete vessel dated 170-2001092 120-200+ One very abraded sherd, likely to be residual1093 270-early/mid 4th Small group, not well dated52© Archaeology South-East