diff --git a/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php b/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
index b9afdb4ebef..e1c998d93f1 100644
--- a/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
+++ b/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Exception\TableDoesNotExist;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Name\Parsers;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Exception\TypesException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Exception\UnknownColumnType;
 use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -812,7 +813,15 @@ protected function _getPortableTableColumnList(string $table, string $database,
     {
         $list = [];
         foreach ($rows as $row) {
-            $column = $this->_getPortableTableColumnDefinition($row);
+            try {
+                $column = $this->_getPortableTableColumnDefinition($row);
+            } catch (UnknownColumnType $unknownTypeException) {
+                throw UnknownColumnType::newWithContext(
+                    $unknownTypeException->getRequestedType(),
+                    $table,
+                    $unknownTypeException,
+                );
+            }
 
             $name        = strtolower($column->getQuotedName($this->platform));
             $list[$name] = $column;
diff --git a/src/Types/Exception/UnknownColumnType.php b/src/Types/Exception/UnknownColumnType.php
index 5397f808b71..4624f21b0f6 100644
--- a/src/Types/Exception/UnknownColumnType.php
+++ b/src/Types/Exception/UnknownColumnType.php
@@ -5,16 +5,42 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Exception;
 
 use Exception;
+use Throwable;
 
 use function sprintf;
 
 final class UnknownColumnType extends Exception implements TypesException
 {
+    private string $requestedType;
+
+    public function getRequestedType(): string
+    {
+        return $this->requestedType;
+    }
+
     public static function new(string $name): self
     {
-        return new self(
+        $object = new self(sprintf(
+            'Unknown column type "%s" requested. Any Doctrine type that you use has '
+                    . 'to be registered with \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::addType(). You can get a list of all the '
+                    . 'known types with \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::getTypesMap(). If this error occurs during database '
+                    . 'introspection then you might have forgotten to register all database types for a Doctrine Type. '
+                    . 'Use AbstractPlatform#registerDoctrineTypeMapping() or have your custom types implement '
+                    . 'Type#getMappedDatabaseTypes(). If the type name is empty you might '
+                    . 'have a problem with the cache or forgot some mapping information.',
+            $name,
+        ));
+
+        $object->requestedType = $name;
+
+        return $object;
+    }
+
+    public static function newWithContext(string $name, string $tableName, ?Throwable $previous): self
+    {
+        $object = new self(
             sprintf(
-                'Unknown column type "%s" requested. Any Doctrine type that you use has '
+                'Unknown column type "%s" requested for table "%s". Any Doctrine type that you use has '
                     . 'to be registered with \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::addType(). You can get a list of all the '
                     . 'known types with \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::getTypesMap(). If this error occurs during database '
                     . 'introspection then you might have forgotten to register all database types for a Doctrine Type. '
@@ -22,7 +48,13 @@ public static function new(string $name): self
                     . 'Type#getMappedDatabaseTypes(). If the type name is empty you might '
                     . 'have a problem with the cache or forgot some mapping information.',
                 $name,
+                $tableName,
             ),
+            previous: $previous,
         );
+
+        $object->requestedType = $name;
+
+        return $object;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Schema/ColumnEditorTest.php b/tests/Schema/ColumnEditorTest.php
index 3ca067c412e..01635af44c7 100644
--- a/tests/Schema/ColumnEditorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Schema/ColumnEditorTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Column;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Exception\InvalidColumnDefinition;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Name\UnqualifiedName;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Exception\UnknownColumnType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\IntegerType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
@@ -78,4 +79,17 @@ public function testTypeNotSet(): void
 
         $editor->create();
     }
+
+    public function testInvalidType(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(UnknownColumnType::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Unknown column type "unknown_type"');
+
+        Column::editor()
+            ->setUnquotedName('column_char')
+            ->setTypeName('unknown_type')
+            ->setFixed(true)
+            ->setLength(2)
+            ->create();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Types/Exception/UnknownColumnTypeTest.php b/tests/Types/Exception/UnknownColumnTypeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3505cedb1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Types/Exception/UnknownColumnTypeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Types\Exception;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Exception\UnknownColumnType;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class UnknownColumnTypeTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testNew(): void
+    {
+        $exception = UnknownColumnType::new('custom_type');
+
+        self::assertSame('custom_type', $exception->getRequestedType());
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            'Unknown column type "custom_type" requested.',
+            $exception->getMessage(),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testWithContext(): void
+    {
+        $exception = UnknownColumnType::newWithContext('custom_type', 'some_table', null);
+
+        self::assertSame('custom_type', $exception->getRequestedType());
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            'Unknown column type "custom_type" requested for table "some_table".',
+            $exception->getMessage(),
+        );
+    }
+}