Record ID: DOR-DCE2D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of externally glazed earthernware pottery. The fabric is reduced pale grey at the core with orange-red oxidised margins. It is tempered with abundant fine sand and sparse grog. The sherd is quite abraded The sherd has an external cordon and flanking groove around the girth. There is an internal shoulder, probably a lid seat. The exterior is decorated with vertical bands of trailed off-white slip with traces of green glaze over. Probably a sherd from a jug.  Date: Late Medieval - c.1400 - 1500 Weight: 19 g
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 6th April 2024
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Record ID: DOR-60CC46
Object type: IMBREX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of probable imbrex (Roman roof tile).The fabric is oxidised orange-red and tempered with fine sand.  All the edges are broken and abraded. The fabric has a laminar apperance at the breaks. A fragment from a curved and tapering imbrex roof tile. Date: Roman - c. AD 100 - 400 Weight: 28 g
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: DOR-72B0B9
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of ceramic tile.  1] An irregular fragment tile, broken on all its edges. The fabric is oxidised red throughout. It is tempered with abundant fine sand and occasional limestone pieces (up to 2mm). A fragment of flue tile with scored line decoration on one face. Heavily abraded. Weight: 33 g 2] An irregular fragment of tile, broken on all its edges. The fabric is reduced mid grey at the core with orange-red oxidised margins. It is tempered with abundant fine sand an occasional large limestone and ironstone pieces (up to 5mm). A fragment of floor or…
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-7228CA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Black Burnished ware pottery. Poole/Wareham fabric.The fabric is reduced grey with a black and burnished exterior surface. It is tempered abundant rounded quartz sand temper an sparse large shale pieces (up to 3 mm).  An undiagnostic body sherd. Handmade. Heavily abraded. Date: Roman - c. AD 50 - 400 Weight: 8.5 g
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-5F2123
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds of Medieval pottery. Two sherds of earthenware one with traces of glaze. 1] The fabric has a reduced grey core with orange-red oxidisation on the margins. Tempered with abundant fine sand. A fragment of stabbed strap handle from a jug. Weight: 13 g 2] The fabric has an oxidised pink core with orange margins. Tempered with abundant fine sand and occasional iron-rich pieces. A grooved handle from a small jug. There are traces of yellow-green glaze in the groove. Weight: 21 g Both sherds are abraded. Date: Medieval  c 1300 - 1500
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-5ECACE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Medieval pottery. A sherd of unglazed earthenware. The fabric is reduced grey-brown at the core with orange-red oxidisation on the internal margin. It has a poorly sorted mixed temper including fine sand, pieces of white quartzite ( up to 2 mm) and calcareous pieces. The rim from a small, hand made jar. The rim is inturned. The sherd is very abraded. Date: Late Early-Medieval to Early Medieval  c.1000 - 1200 Weight: 6 g
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-38DD75
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of unglazed earthenware pottery. The redusce fabric is mid grey with an oxidise margin at the nner surface of the vessel. It is tempered with dense, poorly sorted material including rounded quartz sand and occasional haematite pieces up to 4mm. There are also some large voids. A base sherd from a handmade cooking jar. The sherd is abraded. Date: Medieval - c. 1100 - 1300 Weight: 21 g
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-38577D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of Medieval externally glazed earthenware. The fabrics are oxidised buff and tempered with abundant fine sand. The exterior surfaces are glazed with a mottled green lead glaze with occasional brown patches. Three are thin walled body sherds from jugs, one has two decoration of two girth cordons. The fourth piece is a fragment of more coarsely tempered drawn strap handle with three grooved on the upper face. Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1500 Weight: 21 g
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-3811EC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Medieval externally glazed earthenware. The fabric is reduced pale grey at the core with buff margins,. Tempered with abundant fine sand and occasional iron ore pieces. The exterior surface has rilled decoration and is glazed with a yellow-green lead glaze. A body sherd, probably from a jug. Date:Medieval - c 1200 - 1400 Weight: 6 g
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-37F9DD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Medieval externally glazed earthenware. The fabric is reduced mid grey at the core with grey-buff margins,. Tempered with abundant rounded quartz sand. The Exterior surface has a band of rilled decoration and is glazed with a green lead glaze and an orange-brown glaze over in some areas. A sherd from a shouldered or globular vessel, probably a jug.. Date:Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400 Weight: 10 g
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-37CE75
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Medieval pottery. The fabric has a reduced mid grey core with oxidised dark orange margins. The temper is poorly sorted and represented by many different sized surface voids. The remaining material includes fine sand, large quartz sand and flint pieces (up to 4 mm). A fragment of everted rim sherd, probably from a jar. Date: Probably Medieval - c. 1100 - 1300 Weight: 14 g
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-37AFB7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Late Medieval vessel. Oxidised buff fabric with grey reduction on the exterior margin on one side. Abundant fine sand temper. Highly fired. A fragment of rim with a stub of handle attached from a probable chamber pot. Wheel made. Date: Late Medieval - c. 1400 - 1600 Weight: 53 g
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-37577C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eleven sherds of Medieval unglazed earthernware vessels The ffiring varies from black and grey reduced through grey reduced cores with buff and orange margins to orange-buff oxidised throughout. The fabrics are all similarly tempered with well sorted abundant rounded quartz sand and occasional shale and other stone pieces. Some of the surfaces are wiped and the temper is visible at the surface. One handle fragment. An oval cross-sectioned drawn handle from a jug. The temper is coarser than the rim and body sherds, probably to strengthen the material. Weight: 30 g Seven rim sherds.…
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-36C809
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two large, thick-walled body sherds of probably Bronze Age pottery. The fabric is patchily reduced dark grey and oxidised brown and orange-brown. The fabric contains frequent grog pieces (up to 5 mm) and sparse limestone and quartz (up to 3 mm). It is low-fired. The inside surface is crazed and cracked, the exterior surfaces are wiped. Handmade. Body sherds from a large urn or similar vessel. Date: Bronze Age - c. 2350 - 800 BC Weight: 53 g
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-A9DCBC
Object type: RIDGE TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of unglazed ridge tile. The fabric has a reduced grey core and oxidised margins. It is tempered with find sand. The angled apex of the tile only remains. It has a section of flat-topped crest along part of the remaining apex, with three small sub-circular indentations along one face arranged in a low arc. Date: Medieval - to Post Medieval- c. 13th to 16th century Thickness: 36 mm x 37 mm Weight: 64 g
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
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Record ID: DOR-A9BAEC
Object type: FLOOR TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of undecorated floor tile. The fabric has a reduced grey core and oxidised margins. It is tempered with find sand. A thick, rectangular cross sectioned tile.The upper face is worn. The underside has a deep, pre-firing sub-circular gouge and several angled, rectangular pre-firing holes (possibly made using a forged iron nail). These are all probably to aid in keying the tile when laid onto a floor. Date: Medieval - to Post Medieval- c. 13th to 16th century Thickness: 25 mm Weight: 99 g
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th October 2021
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Record ID: DOR-A982C7
Object type: FLOOR TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of decorated floor tile. The fabric is oxidised and tempered with find sand. A thick, rectangular cross sectioned tile.The upper face is decorated with a design in white slip with a yellow-green glaze over the top. The details of the design are unclear as much has been worn away. The underside has a deep, pre-firing sub-circular gouge and several angled, rectangular pre-firing holes (possibly made using a forged iron nail). These are all probably to aid in keying the tile when laid onto a floor. Date: Medieval - to Post Medieval- c. 13th to 16th century Thickness:…
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th October 2021
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Record ID: DOR-A93852
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of Medieval unglazed earthenware. Handmade. The sherds are slightly abraded. The sherds are as follows: A rim sherd, a base sherd and a body sherd from jars. The fabrics are largely oxidised and tempered with a common poorly sorted, mixed temper including iron ore, iron stone, limestone and flint (up to 5 mm) and fine sand. The rim sherd is orange-buff and is an everted, angled rim with a bead on the edge of the upper face and a flattened outer edge decorated with incised diagonal lines. The fabric is slightly reduced grey-buff in the base sherd with a pale ora…
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
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Record ID: DOR-A71A92
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven sherds of Black Burnished ware. The fabrics are largely reduced dark grey to black throughout (one sherd has some orange oxidisation on the internal surface). There is abundant rounded quartz sand temper with occasional iron rich pieces. There is burnish on many external and internal surfaces. The sherds are slightly abraded. The vessels are as follows: One base sherd from a bowl. A footring base as Wessex Archaeology Black Burnished Ware type 26 series, WA Type 101 (Seagar-Smith & Davies, 1993, p. 239 - 240, Figure 127). One lid sherd. A sherd from top of an i…
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
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Record ID: DOR-EA8D44
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
One sherd of coarseware. The fabric is reduced dark grey at the core with oxidised margins (orange on the exterior and buff on the interior). There is abundant rounded quartz sand temper with occasional iron rich pieces. The surfaces appear wiped. A slightly everted rim sherd from a thick-walled jar. The rim has a thumb-impressed "pie-crust" exterior edge. The form is recorded in the Wessex Archaeology Black Burnished Ware type series as WA Type 12 (Seagar-Smith & Davies, 1993, p. 232-233, Figure 123). VESSEL (38,638) Date: Late Roman to early Early Medieval (Post-Ro…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
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