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Huntcliff ware or more correctly 'Huntcliff-type' is a type of Romano-British ceramic. It is a distinctive variety of calcite-gritted ware jar with a curved, everted rim with lid-seated groove, made in East Yorkshire from around AD 360 to the 5th century AD. The fabric is black or dark brown, with hand-made bodies and a rim finished on a potter's wheel. The term Huntcliff-type refers to the report ^[1] in which this type was first recognised as a type probably not in production before AD 360.

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^ Hornsby, W., & Stanton, R., 1912, The Roman Fort at Huntcliff near Saltburn, J. Roman Studies, 2, 215-232

[1] Hornsby, W., & Stanton, R., 1912, The Roman Fort at Huntcliff near Saltburn, J. Roman Studies, 2, 215-232

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	'''Huntcliff ware''' or more correctly 'Huntcliff-type' is a type of [[Ancient Roman pottery\|ceramic]]. It is a distinctive variety of calcite-gritted ware jar with a curved, everted rim with lid-seated groove, made in [[East Yorkshire]] from around AD 360 to the 5th century AD. The fabric is black or dark brown, with hand-made bodies and a rim finished on a potter's wheel. The term Huntcliff-type refers to the report <ref>Hornsby, W., & Stanton, R., 1912, The Roman Fort at Huntcliff near Saltburn, J. Roman Studies, 2, 215-232</ref> in which this type was first recognised as a type probably not in production before AD 360.		'''Huntcliff ware''' or more correctly 'Huntcliff-type' is a type of Romano-British [[Ancient Roman pottery\|ceramic]]. It is a distinctive variety of calcite-gritted ware jar with a curved, everted rim with lid-seated groove, made in [[East Yorkshire]] from around AD 360 to the 5th century AD. The fabric is black or dark brown, with hand-made bodies and a rim finished on a potter's wheel. The term Huntcliff-type refers to the report <ref>Hornsby, W., & Stanton, R., 1912, The Roman Fort at Huntcliff near Saltburn, J. Roman Studies, 2, 215-232</ref> in which this type was first recognised as a type probably not in production before AD 360.

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