Record ID: BH-EAF007
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a pottery vessel. The sherd is irregular, broken on all sides. The inner surface displays pronounced rills and there is an unidentified residue adhering to both faces. The fabric is highly-fired, mid brownish-grey in colour and contains sand temper. The nature of this fabric is consistent with a Medieval coarseware vessel. The sherd is relatively unabraded. It measures 57.5mm long, 46.8mm wide and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 25.67g. See associated sherd BH-EAD984. It is likely that the two sherds are from the same vessel.
Created on: Friday 19th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Missenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-EAD984
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a pottery vessel. The sherd is irregular, broken on all sides. The inner surface displays pronounced rills and there is an unidentified adhering residue. The fabric is highly-fired, mid brownish-grey in colour and contains sand temper. The nature of this fabric is consistent with a Medieval coarseware vessel. The sherd is slightly abraded. It measures 24.9mm long, 21mm wide and 4.1mm thick. It weighs 3.03g. See associated sherd BH-EAF007, which is thicker but of the same fabric type and has similar residue attached. It is likely that the two sherds are from the…
Created on: Friday 19th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Missenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-97D092
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman Oxfordshire red colour-coated ware bowl. Such vessels date from the mid 3rd century onwards. The bowl has a shallow curvature and there is an applied foot-ring on the underside. The fabric is light pinkish-orange in colour and has mica inclusions. The edges are heavily abraded. The sherd measures up to 73.7mm in diameter, 25.6mm high and weighs 77.75g.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-97BF20
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a Roman Nene Valley colour-coated ware pottery vessel. Dates from the late 2nd century to the end of the Roman period. The small sherd has a creamy-white fabric and a dark brown slip. There are two lines of roulette decoration. The edges are abraded. It measures 30.5mm long, 23.7mm wide and 4.4mm thick. The weight is 3.7g.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-97A034
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman Nene Valley colour-coated ware pottery vessel. Dates from the late 2nd century to the end of the Roman period. The surviving portion of the base is flat and the sides are steeply angled. The fabric is creamy-white in colour and much of the dark brown slip remains. The sherd is heavily abraded. It measures 78.8mm long, 39.3mm wide and 17.9mm thick. The weight is 46.86g.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-978B05
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete greyware pottery lid of Roman date. At the centre of the upper surface is a solid disc. The sides form a shallow angle (less than 45 degrees) and are heavily damaged around the perimeter. At the centre of the underside is a possible area of dark greyish-brown slip. The sherd measures 75.7mm in diameter, 25.7mm high and weighs 53.11g.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-977014
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five sherds from Roman greyware pottery vessels. Three of the sherds represent parts of the rims of three separate cooking pots or storage jars. The other two are body sherds, one decorated with a band of grooves and ridges. The total weight of the assemblage is 75.83g.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-973532
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a late Iron Age to early Roman pottery vessel. The sherd comes from a large vessel. It is grog-tempered and has a black outer surface decorated with two transverse bands, each comprising two grooves. The sherd measures 78.7mm long, 43.1mm wide and 7.8mm thick. The weight is 25.9g.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-96AEA8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 13 pottery sherds of various sizes and vessel types. With the exception of one rim, all of the fragments are body sherds. Two are decorated with a raised ridge punctuated by finger impressions, a technique typical of Medieval vessels of the 11th to early 14th centuries. Two other sherds bear combed ridge and groove decoration. All of the sherds are abraded. All but one of the sherds are of coarse, sandy fabric and unglazed. The one other sherd is made from a more highly fired creamy-white fabric and has a yellowish-green glaze. The total weight of the assemblage is…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clophill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-4521B3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a jar or storage pot of late Iron Age to early Roman date. The rim is steeply angled, has a flat top edge and a convex outer surface. The surviving upper side of the body is steep. The fabric is shell-tempered and the edges of the sherd abraded. It measures 46.5mm long, 32.8mm high and weighs 21.71g.
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-450826
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a pottery storage jar or cooking pot of 1st century date. The rim angles upwards at 45 degrees and has a central lid-seat. The body is steeply angled and has a pronounced curvature. The fabric is light orangey-brown to grey in colour and is heavily shell-tempered. The edges are slightly abraded. The sherd measures 57.6mm long, 40.4mm high and weighs 24.87g.
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-6E1163
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a Medieval jug handle. The sherd retains portions of both of its parallel sides. Extending down the centre is a deep, broad groove. The fabric is light brown and has sand temper plus occasional larger inclusions. The edges are heavily abraded. It measures 45.9mm high, 42mm wide and 12.6mm thick. The weight is 32.51g.
Created on: Monday 1st February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-039E83
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic handle from a post-Medieval (17th to 18th century) pottery vessel. The handle, which is broken off at both ends, forms a wide curve and has a low rim projecting from its outer edge. The fabric is redware and the surface retains much of its original lead glaze, which varies between greenish- and orangey-brown in colour. The edges of the break are slightly abraded. The sherd measures 34.3mm long, 19mm wide and 12.7mm thick. The weight is 7.38g. The sherd represents part of a horizontal loop handle, probably from a large bowl. It would have been located imme…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-8E1C75
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from an 11th-12th century upright vessel such as a cooking pot or storage jar. The sides of the vessel angle upwards at approximately 70 degrees from the flat, plain base. The fabric varies between orange and greyish-brown and shows possible evidence of having been burnt. The temper material consists of frequent small to medium inclusions of chalk or shell. The sherd is slightly abraded around the edges. It measures 89.7mm long, 36.2mm wide and 36.5mm high. The weight is 68.25g.
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Biggleswade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-8D9A96
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded body sherd from a Roman greyware pottery vessel. The sherd is irregular in plan. It has a slight curvature and decreases in thickness towards one end, possibly indicating that it comes from close to the rim of an upright vessel such as a storage jar. The outer surface has an incomplete crescentic indentation which is probably a decorative element. The fabric is mid grey with frequent small stone or sand inclusions. The sherd measures 33.9mm long, 27mm wide and 6.8mm thick. It weighs 6.68g.
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Biggleswade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-8D7E57
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly abraded body sherd from a pottery vessel. This is possibly part of a Nene Valley Ware bowl, dating from the 3rd century AD. The sub-triangular sherd has a wide curvature consistent with a large, shallow vessel. The fabric varies between white and mid grey, with a dark brown slip and possible evidence of burning. It measures 58.7mm long, 49.2mm wide and 8.4mm thick. The weight is 24.67g.
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Biggleswade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-ECF530
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic handle from a Dressel 20 type amphora of Roman date. The handle is of oval section, expanding towards the top. The curvature of the handle is consistent with a 1st century type (see Tyers 1996: 88). The fabric is a light yellowish-pink colour and contains sand temper. Some of the surface has been lost. The fragment measures 155mm long, up to 38.6mm wide and weighs 252.57g. The ovoid Dressel 20 amphora was produced in the Guadalquivir valley, southern Spain, for the transportation of olive oil around the Roman empire.
Created on: Friday 21st August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-885CA3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Saxo-Norman domestic vessel of probable 11th century date. The short rim section is roughly vertical and has a convex upper surface. At the bottom of the rim the pot angles outwards at approximately 45 degrees. It is likely that the orginal pot would have been 'bag-shaped'. The fabric is similar in form to Ipswich ware, being light grey in colour with sand temper. The sherd is abraded. It measures 29.1mm long, 22.7mm wide and 7.3mm thick. The weight is 5.92g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Furneux Pelham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5E46C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a large Hertfordshire grog-tempered storage jar of late Iron Age to early Roman date. The sherd comes from just below the right-angled rim. The fabric is light grey with frequent large inclusions. The surfaces are black and exhibit grooves, suggesting that the pot was finished on a turn table. The sherd measures 122.5mm long, 68.9mm wide and 15.3mm thick. The weight is 117.2g.
Created on: Thursday 9th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E0A8F7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a Medieval pottery vessel. The fabric is light yellowish-pink and sand-tempered. The upper surface bears roulette-stamped decoration and a green glaze. The shered is irregular in shape. It measures 30.7mm long, 20.5mm wide and 6.9mm thick. The weight is 4.48g.
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knotting and Souldrop', grid reference and parish protected.