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VESSEL
Unique ID: CORN-2810DF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two small pottery body sherds made of gabbroic clay, probably from a vessel dating from early to middle Bronze Age, c. 1800-1100 BC. Gabbroic clay weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars and dark augite, but is also an admixture with large inclusions of other materials such as quartz which are not natural to the gabbro clay. The colour of the fabric is a light brown interior to more oxidised orange exterior. Fragment 1 has evidence of black sooting on the top right corner of the fragment.
Measurements:
Fragment 1: Length: 24.84mm
Width: 29.39mm
Thickness: 12.35mm
Weight: 10.51g
Fragment 2: Length: 14.28mm
Width: 19.24mm
Thickness: 12.75mm
Weight: 3.97g
Total weight: 14.48g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1800 BC
Date to: Circa 1100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 14.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th March 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS 2021 02
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sancreed (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4228
Four figure Latitude: 50.09594161
Four figure longitude: -5.60882221
1:25K map: SW4228
1:10K map: SW48SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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