CORN-C93BE2: Iron Age upright rim sherd (exterior)

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POT SHERD

Unique ID: CORN-C93BE2

Object type certainty: Certain
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Pottery rim sherd from a jar with an upright rim, slightly flattened on the top. The fabric is a uniform dark brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior and interior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture but is now covered in patches of carbonised remains on both the exterior and interior of the sherd. Iron Age in form, with its upright rim. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 414, Fig.57, No.8, 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: 32 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 7.44 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 458.2

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: SW4626
Four figure Latitude: 50.079713
Four figure longitude: -5.551678
1:25K map: SW4626
1:10K map: SW46SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
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.	414, Fig.57,	No.8

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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