Saggar Works at Caughley
Preliminary work including geophysics and a landscape survey has suggested the probable
location of the saggar works which supplied the porcelain factory at Caughley. Limited
excavation will be done in August, the main purpose will be to confirm the location of the
building and to identify its shape. It is hoped that pottery finds will show if the saggar
works started life producing pottery. Details of excavation dates are on the WAG activities page.
6/7/2003
A succesful day at Caughley with Chris (site director), Jan, Emma, Martin and Carol. Yes, we
were allowed to stop for lunch!
Jan and Carol busy in Trench 1
13/7/2003
No digging today, we went to Stonehenge
20/7/2003
Diggers today were Chris, Jan, Sue, Emma, Clive, Martin and Roger Edmundsen. Wot, eating
again! Do they do no work?
The previous dig provided more questions than answers so there was nothing for it
but to enlarge the trench.
Good old Roger!
Meanwhile, Jan has been surfing the net.
Try this site Kilns and More kilns
27/7/2003
Digging continued with some new features uncovered
03/08/2003
Lord Forester and Family graced us with a visit. He seemed pleased with what we were doing
10/08/2003
Lady Forester came today and granted us an extension.
17/08/2003
Sadly we had to put the dig to bed. Today we had an incredible electrical storm, the first
bad weather for a long time. Hopefully, we will be allowed back next year to follow up some
ideas we have about the site.