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VESSEL

Unique ID: SOMDOR-42DB64

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

3 reduced patchily fired dark grey and orange coarseware. Moderatefine sand temper with sparse larger stone inclusions. 3 body sherds. Thick walled, handmade vessels. One piece is carinated (probably from a jar or bowl) and is partly burnised. The carinated vessel suggests a late pre-Roman iron age date for this material - c. 50 Bc at AD 50

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 3
Weight: 49 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Earthenware
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Burnished

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY6084
Four figure Latitude: 50.654297
Four figure longitude: -2.5672
1:25K map: SY6084
1:10K map: SY64SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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