Karl Gurke's, _Bricks and Brickmaking : A Handbook for Historical
Archaeology_,1987 is a good source on US brickming. What you have is a clamp
kiln (ie with no permanent structure). See one at Williamsburg illustrated in
Noel Hume's _Historical Archaeology_and there is another in the Fort Randall
excavation report by J.E. Mills: River Basin Surveys papers no 16. Numerous
early-modern examples have been dug in Britain- they all tend to be very
similar in form- at least until the early C19 when they get massive in size on
the Oxford clays..
Paul courtney, Leicester, UK
In a message dated 02/06/98 16:15:17 GMT, the Kindbrink's wrote:
 
 
 I have uncovered what appears to be a brick kiln site at an early 19th
 century historic site.  It was built directly on clay, with a prepared
 floor that exhibits an interesting burn pattern with imbedded "crispy"
 brick fragments.  So far the prepared floor matrix has yielded only a
 sherd of edge decorated pearlware and some <1mm thick aqua flat glass).
 At least it's in the right time period for construction of the nearby
 collapsed brick house.  Does anyone have any illustrations and
 background information on brick kilns.  I know they built the kiln from
 the bricks themselves, but am looking for information on how and where
 (inside/outside?) the fire was kindled, flue construction, etc.
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