CORN-C7F267: Iron Age footring (base sherd)

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POT SHERD

Unique ID: CORN-C7F267

Object type certainty: Certain
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Pottery base sherd with part of the foot ring from the base of a bowl, possibly a cordoned ware bowl dating from the Late Iron Age. The fabric is a uniform orange to light brown colour throughout, with an oxidised exterior and reduced interior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture. Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.14, which is dated from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: 1 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 56 mm
Width: 41 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 20.14 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st February 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 474.13

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Discovery circumstances: Found along with Iron Age and Romano-British pottery, daub, whetstones, spindle whorls and rotary quern fragments, all within an area of 75 square metres, in one corner of the field
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Christie, P.M.L. 1978 Settlement at Carn Euny, Sancreed, Cornwall Cambridge Heffers Printers Ltd. 415, Fig.58, No.14

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Audit data

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

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