The Gloucester pottery fabric type series includes samples of pottery and tile fabrics dating to the Roman, medieval and post-medieval periods from Gloucester and the surrounding districts. It was created in the 1970s by the Gloucester Archaeology Unit, and has formed the foundation of most work on archaeological ceramics in the area since then.

The type series is currently housed in Gloucester City Museum. This web resource was created to make information on the fabric type series more widely available, to incorporate data on the distribution of some of the principal wares in Gloucestershire, and to link the Gloucester series to other web sites dealing with Roman and Medieval pottery fabrics. The individual pages on the fabrics represented in the collection include images of the sherds in the collection, brief descriptions with notes on source and dating, and links to other resources where available.

The pages on the individual fabrics can be accessed through tabulated listings of Roman or Medieval and later fabrics, which can be sorted or filtered, or through a set of sortable 'cards' (Roman or Medieval and later).

This web site was developed by Jane Timby and Paul Tyers from data collected at Gloucester City Museum between January and March 2017. We are grateful to David Rice for facilitating access to the Gloucester TF collection.

Email: glospot@potsherd.net