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VESSEL

Unique ID: HESH-3196D3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Small sherd from a pottery vessel, possibly a small tankard or thin walled bowl, probably dating from the medieval period (1250-1400). The sherd is irregular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile. The fabric is a relatively soft fired earthen ware with a number of small angular and sub-angular grit, and quartz inclusions. The fabric colour is a uniform mid grey buff and there is a mid mottled brown-green coloured glaze applied to both surfaces. The glaze on the inner face is uneven and partial suggesting that this sherd is from the upper part of the vessel. Not enough of the vessel survives to suggest the size or form of the vessel, and the sherd itself is particularly plough worn and abraded. The sherd measures 26.7mm in length, 19.5mm width, is 4.2mm thick and weighs 3.01 grams.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1250
Date to: AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.7 mm
Width: 19.5 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 3.01 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Glazed

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Swainswick

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

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

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