During work on an EVN water pipeline, a ceramics production facility was uncovered in Petronell, Lower Austria. The head of the archaeological building supervision, Kurt Fiebig, dated the find to 100 to 300 years AD.
According to information from Friday, the Federal Monuments Office has decided to leave the discoveries as the ground offers the best protection for monuments. The planned line will now be moved a few meters further.
According to EVN board director Stefan Stallinger, a new drinking water pipeline will be constructed in the region from Petronell’s natural filter installation towards Scharndorf. After the discovery it was the archaeologists’ turn and their say.
Probably even two ceramic productions
As Fiebig noted, the discovery likely involved two ceramic production sites built next to each other. “The illuminated object still shows the combustion chamber. We also found the heating duct that connects the working pit with the combustion chamber.”
The workshop was once located outside the city walls due to noise and dirt. Post markers and trenches indicate a building that served as a drying and storage area.
In addition, the preserved remains of the posts show brick foundations, which, according to EVN, were partly built with Roman roof tiles, the so-called tegulae.
Source: Krone
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