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VESSEL

Unique ID: HESH-09F963

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A sherd from the base of a relatively thick walled unglazed pottery vessel; not enough survives to indicate the form or overall size, but it is probably from a storage jar or similar. The sherd dates to the post-medieval period (1450 – 1650) and is irregular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile. The fabric is a relatively hard fired earthenware with a number of small angular and sub-angular grit, and grog (pottery temper) inclusions. The fabric is also mica rich. The colour of the fabric is two-tone in that the centre is a uniform buff orange brown colour, whilst the inner and outer edges a lighter powdery orange colour. There is no evidence of sooting or heating in a fire. Not enough of the vessels survive to suggest the size or form, and the sherd is particularly plough worn and abraded. The sherd measures: 33.1mm length, 24.4mm width, is 9.4mm thick (base), 8mm thick (side wall), and weighs 11.06 grams. A suggested diameter of the base is 18cm, and the sherd represents only 4% of the base. The height or capacity of the vessel cannot be estimated.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1450
Date to: AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33.1 mm
Width: 24.4 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 11.06 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kinlet (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO7280
Four figure Latitude: 52.417272
Four figure longitude: -2.413117
1:25K map: SO7280
1:10K map: SO78SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: HESH
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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