Where in Tunstall 5 - Stoke North Picture competition - Alexandra Pottery

Thanks to Clare White for this one.

The scense depicts archaeologists from Stoke City Council excavating the site of the former Alexandra Pottery in Tunstall may 2007 .

The former wedgwood Pottery, dates back to 1886. It closed in 2005 and was subsequently demolished in 2006 to make way for the continuation of the Tunstall Regeneration Scheme.

The archaeologists are particularly interested in four pottery kilns indicated on a Ordnance Survey map from the year 1900. They believe that the excavation of these kilns will show how construction and firing methods have evolved over the years.

Recent investigations in the vicinity have shown that well preserved 19th century industrial remains beneath later factory buildings can be expected and the potential to find out more about the early pottery industry is high.