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classes, and the conical cups, are clearly derived from Gallo-Belgic
prototypes; the platters were certainly widely-used prior to the Claudian
conquest, and occur in several fabrics (Fig. 17). The grog-tempered wares
are characteristic of east Kent, and are similar to Camulodunum forms
(Hawkes and Hull 1947). Camulodunum 21/22 (Thompson 1982, Form G1-1)
appears to have been produced in the pre-Conquest period, and occurs mainly
at Canterbury (e.g. Frere 1954, nos. 40-43), but also at Wye
(unpublished). The apparent absence of this form from Richborough and its
rarity in Neronian as opposed to pre-Conquest and Claudian deposits at
Canterbury (Frere 1954; Macpherson-Grant 1982; Pollard forthcoming, d) are
suggestive of a predominantly pre-Conquest period of usage. Camulodunum
24/27 (Thompson 1982, Form G1-6) is the most common post-Conquest platter,
being found in grog-tempered ware in east Kent, flint-tempered ware at
Radfield and Rochester, and sandy wares throughout Kent but primarily in
central and western districts. The form is almost certainly confined to the
Claudian-early Flavian period, as at Camulodunum itself. Other platter forms
copied in local wares include Camulodunum 13, 14 and 16, but not, it should
be noted, the more intricate forms 4-9. The flagons occur in grog-tempered
ware throughout east Kent (Fig. 17); the high degree of similarity between
vessels on the various sites is suggestive of a common source, perhaps
Canterbury itself. The 'collar-rim' 'Hofheim' forms, (e.g.
Camulodunum 144, 161: here nos. 35, 37-39), particularly the
two-handled type, are far more common than the disc-rim (no. 36) which has
only been noted by the present author at Richborough itself. There does not
seem to have been an equivalent range of indigenous products in west Kent,
all early flagons in that area being in fine untempered or sandy wares of a
higher quality, usually in white-slip wares. The grog-tempered forms of east
Kent are found predominantly in Claudio-Neronian layers at Canterbury,
Richborough and Wingham; an origin in the late pre-Conquest period cannot be
ruled
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out, however, as the prototype forms of 'collar-rim' flagons were
undoubtedly circulating at that time (particularly the white ware
Camulodunum 161, on which no. 35 here was based).
Fine ware flagons from several sources are also found on many
sites in Kent. Local production is known at Canterbury (Jenkins 1956a,
fig. 8, no. 1: no. 56 here) and Eccles (Detsicas 1977a) whilst a large
group of white-slipped vessels found on the Medway estuary at Hoo
(Blumstein 1956) may indicate a third source. The fabric is recorded at
Southwark (Tyers and Marsh 1978, form IA 1) alongside vessels in granular
sandy buff ware probably from Brockley Hill (ibid., IA 2-collar-rim,
lB 1-ring-neck cf. no. 60 here, and ID 1 - disc-rim, cf. no. 36 here;
see also Castle 1973a, fig. 2, and 1973b, fig. 2), and fine buff ware
(Tyers and Marsh 1978, form IA 3). The Brockley Hill wares of the
pre-Flavian period do not seem to have penetrated Kent itself, however.
The end of the Neronian period saw several changes in the
supply of fine pottery to Kent. Production and importation of Terra
Nigra declined markedly, Terra Rubra having already fallen from
favour in the 50s (Rigby 1973, 20). The Lyon industry suffered a
catastrophic series of setbacks in the late 60s from which it was unable
to recover, and exports of this ware to Britain undoubtedly ceased at this
time (Green 1978a; 1979a). Central Gaulish glazed ware also ceased to be
produced during, if not slightly earlier than, the early Vespasianic
period (c. A.D. 70-75; Greene 1978b, 31). The samian industry of
South Gaul continued its expansion, however, with some simplification of
forms presumably designed with acceleration of production in mind. Lyon
beakers were replaced by slightly different forms of rough-cast ware from
the Lower Rhineland and North Gaul (Greene 1978a; Anderson 1980) and
perhaps British sources also, though this has yet to be positively
demonstrated. However, these wares do not seem to
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