SOMDOR-598633: 598633. 2 sherds of flint tempered pottery

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VESSEL

Unique ID: SOMDOR-598633

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

2 sherds of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 4mm). Dark grey to black reduced core and internal surface. The exterior surface is slightly oxidised and reddish-brown. Thick walled body sherds. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 2
Weight: 29 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Compton Abbas (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8718
Four figure Latitude: 50.961275
Four figure longitude: -2.186479
1:25K map: ST8718
1:10K map: ST81NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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