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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-D5A6E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A group of 20 sherds of Coal Measures medieval pottery. These fragments are of the 'coal measures purple' type. The clay fabric is fairly coarse and is mid grey to purple in colour with small, gritty coal inclusions. A few sherds have a patchy dark green or brown glaze. This type of functional, utilitarian pottery was produced at a number of production centres, including Firsby in the Doncaster area, and was manufactured during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 20
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Glazed
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Kirk Bramwith (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6312
Four figure Latitude: 53.600789
Four figure longitude: -1.049469
1:25K map: SE6312
1:10K map: SE61SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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