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VESSEL

Unique ID: SOM-0E9564

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Six thick-walled pottery sherds of probable late Iron Age date. Five of the six body sherds have reduced light to mid grey cores with oxidised ornage/buff layers adjacent to the more reduced buff/grey surfaces. The other sherd is more comprehensively reduced. The fabric is coarse with moderate red and black iron oxide (<1mm), rare grog (up to 2mm) and rare white inclusions, possibly limestone (up to 2mm). These sherds are likely to have formed part of large thick-walled storage jars and the curvature on one sherds suggests a rolled rim. Total weight: 199g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 6
Weight: 199 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th June 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Entry 021437

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: Mells

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
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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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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