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The image for Day 318 of the VM365 project shows sherd fragments from a medieval tableware jug found in 1979 in an excavation at Netherhale Farm, Birchington.<\/p>\nThe image for Day 318 of the VM365 project shows sherd fragments from a medieval tableware jug found in 1979 in an excavation at Netherhale Farm, Birchington.<\/p>\n
The late David Perkins<\/a> conducted a trial excavation\u00a0 to test the cropmarks of a double ditched enclosure on land between Birchington and St.Nicholas-at-Wade. The excavation revealed a Mid-Late Bronze Age farmstead enclosure (c.1350-1150 BC) underlying a medieval farmstead\u00a0 enclosed with a ditch. This site could possibly be the medieval forerunner of the modern Netherhale Farm which stands\u00a0 just to the north of the site.<\/p>\n The cropmarks lie on a very slight knoll and presumably was chosen in both periods of settlement for its well-drained position. Apart from some deeply cut ditches and pits, the ditches and the settlement they enclose have been heavily plough-reduced.<\/p>\n The Medieval phase of occupation produced the fragments from the tableware jug shown above which are from a fairly tall ovoid-bodied jug.\u00a0 The rim is shown in the upper part of the image, with a horizontally incised neck below and the upper shoulder and body has been painted in white slip with vertical and diagonal stripes under a clear orange (iron) glaze over.<\/p>\n The jug was made at the Tyler Hill potteries near Canterbury and the form, type of decoration and the firing qualities date its manufacture to between c.1250-1325 AD,\u00a0 a period known in art-historical terms as the ‘High Medieval’ .<\/p>\n Although this vessel is perhaps not as constructively creative as the Scarborough Ware ‘knight’ Jug<\/a> or the south-west French polychrome-painted jug<\/a> which were contemporary with this example,\u00a0 its striking colours and design would have made a handsome addition to the farmstead’s dinner table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The image for Day 318 of the VM365 project shows sherd fragments from a medieval tableware jug found in 1979 in an excavation at Netherhale Farm, Birchington. The late David Perkins conducted a trial excavation\u00a0 to test the cropmarks of a double ditched enclosure on land between Birchington and St.Nicholas-at-Wade. The excavation revealed a Mid-Late … Continue reading VM_365 Day 318 Jug from Medieval Farmer’s Table<\/span>