Follow, week by week, the excavation of a new Roman pottery production site on the edge of Poole Harbour. This is a joint venture involving the Bestwall Archaeology team and AC Archaeology.

Paul Martin excavating one of the kilns. The white puddled chalk surrounds the firing chamber and the large dark area is the stoke pit.

Discarded black burnished ware pottery in the stoke pit of a kiln.

Roman pottery expert Dr Malcolm Lyne discusses the possible dating of of this kiln.

A large deposit of Late Iron Age pottery was found in the terminal of this ditch. The very large vessel in the centre of the picture is well over 0.5m in height"