A Fragment of Roman Pottery Sherd found at the documented Huntspill locality in 1973 (Shepton Mallet) Black Burnished ware is a coarse-textured hand formed black sandy ware with burnished (polished by rubbing) surfaces. Typically the ware consisted of everted-rim (turned outwards) jars, plain dishes, flat-rimmed or flanged bowls decorated externally with zones of burnished lattice …
The Neolithic British Isles refers to the period of British, Irish and Manx history that spanned from c. 4000 to c. 2,500 BCE. The final part of the Stone Age in the British Isles, it was a part of the greater Neolithic, or “New Stone Age“, across Europe. Humans first settled down and began farming. …