Record ID: SWYOR-0D82C1
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron cannon ball dating from the Post Medieval period. At 61.55mm diameter (2.4 inches) and weighing 951g (2lb, 1.5oz), it corresponds with the standard size of a Falcon cannon ball. The spherical iron ball has been coated with a preservative.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8EE707
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of debitage from flint working, probably dating from the Neolithic period 3500-2100BC. The largest of the three is a core fragment, the other two are flakes. Their combined weight is 22.22gm. The core is patinated but also has some more recent breaks.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-8EC2F1
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small piece of debitage from flint working, probably dating from the Neolithic period 3500-2100BC. This dark material is Derbyshire chert, a hard variety of quartz that, like flint, can be broken to form sharp edges. It is not local to the find spot and must have been imported before working.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E8923
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
A leaf shaped flint arrowhead dating from the early Neolithic period, 3500-2500BC. It is flat on one side and convex on the other. A small piece has been chipped from one side; this chip displays patination and happened at some time in antiquity.There is invasive shallow retouch on the dorsal face, but little working on the ventral. The flint is patinated to white. Similar arrowheads are illustrated in Butler, 2005, Prehistoric Flintwork, page 124.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E4EA4
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unfinished flint microlithic tool dating from the Mesolithic period, 8300-3500BC. Work was begun on this tool, but for some unknown reason it was never completed. The blade has been knapped, but not retouched. There is cortex at the proximal end.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E2511
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint knife blade dating from the Neolithic period, 3500-2100BC. It has small areas of retouch on both sides of the blade and shows signs of having been altered by heat. Both faces have abrupt retouch on many edges. The flint is partially patinated.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-640377
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic vessel fragment; a rim sherd of Post Medieval pottery. The fabric is hard and fine in texture. It is a mottled dark grey and orange colour with few visible inclsuions. The inner face and over the rim is glazed with a thick dark brown glaze which is blistered and discoloured to black. This may be a poorly fired version of a Post medieval black ware. The rim is simply angled outwards and the piece is too small to estimate the rim diameter.The sherd is 34.56mm long, 23.41mm wide and 7.87mm thick. It weighs 9.87gm.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-63F2E2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic vessel fragments; wall sherds of probably Post Medieval pottery. The fabric is hard and fine in texture, though abraded. It is a dark grey with few visible inclusions, but the smaller piece is less reduced and is buff coloured. The outer surfaces of the large piece and all faces of the small piece are glazed in a crazed uniform yellow green colour. The smaller piece is a rim sherd with a simple out turned rim, but is too small to estimate the rim diameter.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-63D791
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic vessel fragments; handle sherds of Post Medieval pottery. The fabric is hard and fine in texture. It is a dark red with few, very small white and dark inclusions (perhaps grog?). the surface are glazed in a dark rich lustrous brown, over fired to dark grey on the smaller piece. The fabric is similar to Wrenthorpe Ware and other black wares.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-63C218
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic vessel fragment; a wall sherd of probably Medieval pottery. The fabric is soft and abraded. It is a buff core fading to grey on the outer face. The sparse inclusions are of grit and possible black iron ore. It is not glazed. The fragment is 44.28mm long, 37.11mm wide and 7.92mm thick. It weighs 18.19gm.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-63B101
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic vessel fragments; wall sherds of Medieval pottery. The fabric is soft and abraded. It is a light grey core fading to pinkish buff on the surfaces. The sparse inclusions are of grit, mainly poorly sorted quartz. The smaller piece is glazed on the outer face with a greenish yellow glaze. The larger sherd is 36.2mm long, 28.56mm wide and 11.07mm thick. 12.28g.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-639A74
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic vessel fragments; wall sherds of Medieval pottery. The fabric is hard and irregular in texture. It is a light grey core fading to buff on the surfaces. The inclusions are of grit, mainly quartz and grey pieces (perhaps stone). There are slight traces of glaze on both faces of the larger sherd. It is clear, or pale yellow, and has decayed to a brown sparkled layer on the outer face. The larger sherd is 50mm long, 35.48mm wide and 13.15mm thick. 30.6g.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-6370E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic vessel fragment; a wall sherd of probably Medieval pottery. The fabric is hard and irregular in texture. It is a dark grey and orange colour, mainly reduced and is not glazed. The inclusions are of grit, mainly quartz and project through the surface giving is a rough pimply texture.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-635A44
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic vessel fragment; a wall sherd of Medieval pottery. The sherd has an iron based green glaze fading to purple brown on the outer face. The fabric is hard and irregular in texture. It is a yellow grey colour. The inclusions are of grit (including quartz), coal, and smooth, rounded (possibly melted) black lumps, particularly on the inner surface (possibly black iron ore). The sherd is decorated with a relief band into which rough crescent shaped depressions have been made. The band looks to be on the shoulder of the vessel. The sherd is 47.03mm long, 47.38mm wide and 14.71mm thi…
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-634915
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic vessel fragments; wall sherds of Medieval pottery. The sherds have a black to purple glaze on the outer face. The inclusions are of grit (including quartz), coal, and lots of smooth, rounded (possibly melted) black lumps, particularly on the inner surface (possibly black iron ore) making the surface pimply. The fabric is reduced and light grey, tending to dark orange on the inner face.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-6334D0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six ceramic vessel fragments; wall sherds of Medieval pottery. Some of the sherds have a dark brown glaze on the outer face. The inclusions are of grit (including quartz), coal, and lots of smooth, rounded (possibly melted) black lumps, particularly on the surface (possibly black iron ore) making the surface pimply. The fabric is reduced and light grey, tending to buff in places. One of the sherds is decorated with a relief design of a circle divided into quarters. The decorated piece is 40.14mm long, 30.63mm wide, 10.48mm thick and weighs 13.7g This fabric has similarities to Coal…
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-62EFA4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seventeen sherds of Roman grayware including 4 rim sherds and one base sherd. The sherds range in colour from buff through pale grey to dark grey and some are not entirely reduced. They all have a slightly irregular texture and many of the breaks are abraded. They are fairly soft and have mainly quartz inclusions. Three of the rim sherds are too small to measure the diameter accurately. One has an everted rim, one has a half round beaded rim and the last has an upright rim with a projecting flange. The last rim fragment is larger. It has a rim diameter of about 20cm and has a hal…
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-117360
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper dating from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, 3500-1500BC. It is semi-circular in shape, flat on the underside and rising to a ridge on the upper side. The flint is patinated and there are some breaks around the edge which have occurred post-deposition. It is 32.1mm long, 27.7mm wide and 10.2mm thick. It weighs 7.16gm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-110780
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint microlith of geometric form dating from the late mesolithic period 5000-3500BC. It is in the form of a scalene triangle with the hypotenuse vertical and the other two sides angled from a broader base to a narrower, flat top. It is 16.3mm long, 9.2mm wide and 2.7mm thick. It weighs 0.41gm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-108794
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the side of a large, Roman greyware vessel, possibly a storage jar, dating from AD100-400. The fabric is a light grey in colour and of a coarse, gritty material. There are quartz inclusions, including a few large pebbles. The fabric is fairly soft and has an irregular texture. On the outer side of the sherd is part of a simple design consisting of a horizontal groove with four vertical grooves depending from it at equidistant intervals. There is a further, curved groove, but this is likely to be the result of damage and not part of the design.The sherd is 62mm long, 47.9m…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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