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VESSEL

Unique ID: LEIC-1A1834

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) pottery sherd, the sherd has a dark brown/black body and section colour and has many distinct large quartz and small mica inclusions.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 450
Date to: AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th July 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Billesdon (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7102
Four figure Latitude: 52.611146
Four figure longitude: -0.952887
1:25K map: SK7102
1:10K map: SK70SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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