Roman Kiln Replica Firing

Name: Roman Kiln Replica Firing
Start: 2025-09-13T07:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-15T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Roman Kiln

Schedule

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 am to Mon, 15 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Roman Kiln | London, EN

To celebrate Open House London, Turning Earth has scheduled the next Roman Kiln Replica Firing for the 13th and 15th September, in collaboration with the charity Friends of Highgate Roman Kiln.
The collaboration between Turning Earth and FoHRK started last year, when the Turning Earth Highgate team undertook the very exciting project to forage wild clay from the woods, create Roman-style pottery based on archaeological findings from the area, and build a replica Roman-style kiln in the woods themselves.
After having hosted several workshops over the last spring and summer months, there are many pieces finally ready to be fired. If you have missed those workshops, there is still one last chance on the 7th of September, in celebration of the local pottery heritage day. Some volunteers will run free drop-in hand-building workshops at the Information Hut, just next to Pavilion Cafe (Muswell Hill Rd, Onslow Gardens, London N10 3JN) and the kiln itself, from 11 am to 4 pm.
The firing will be open to the public on both the 13th and 15th, and it’s a very unique experience to watch. The kiln will be lighted on Saturday around 7 am, and it will continue to burn until around 9 pm. After a day of cooling down, the kiln will then be opened and unpacked on Monday around 12 pm.